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In reply to the discussion: Longtime Republicans torn between party loyalty and Obamacare [View all]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)unless I lost my job. In my case I still had insurance in retirement and now converting to Medicare. My complaint is the insured has been picking up a large portion of the cost of those who use health care facilities, walking out and never paying or had to declare bankruptcy after receiving health care bills they could not afford. If everyone is required to provide some means of health insurance then the cost to those paying will go down per person. For those who like limited government, this is a way of getting all on the bandwagon paying and not passing the cost on to everyone else, it is not more government just responsibility for every person. I am being forced as insured to pay for something someone else gets. You say it is different than having auto insurance, good comparison, those who do not buy auto insurance should not be driving and those who do not buy health insurance should never go to health facilities to use them.