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In reply to the discussion: I’m freaking depressed....Poll shows Obamacare.. [View all]busterbrown
(8,515 posts)37. Heck all I wanted to mention is the fact that the Texas DMV...
has a lot of requirements in order to get Insurance..
Insurance protects assets... People want to protect their assets..
Texas Govt is very specific and requires a lot of steps in order to get car insurance.
Isnt this a case of govt. over reach which right wingers talk about all the time..
Nothing to do with what you were talking about...Just the fact that you mentioned that what is needed in order to obtain insurance...
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No one likes to be forced to buy a product from a third party corporation.
former9thward
Aug 2014
#2
Yep. Younger Americans don't like to be forced to buy something they don't think they need.
Dawgs
Aug 2014
#3
We buy auto insurnace and many do not think we will be involved in an accident. Auto insurance is
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#6
You purchase liability insurance in case you are driving a vehicle in which is involved in an
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#15
I'm not saying I agree with them. I'm just saying that many younger people think like libertarians.
Dawgs
Aug 2014
#17
Can we count on the libertarians to pay a hospital bill they might get in the future?
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#22
I can't say this is an advantage,there are lots of citizens who has not and will not drive a vehicle
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#27
There is simply no comparison betwen auto ins and healthcare. This old meme has
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#48
And as an insured person who is charged rates by health care facilities to cover
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#51
From some of the remarks about ACA from some folks since it was not a single payer system they
Thinkingabout
Aug 2014
#4
That's because the folks who already HAVE decent insurance, and who already hate Obama
SoCalDem
Aug 2014
#5
Stupid people will never know they were duped, especially by their own stupidity. They will continue
Pisces
Aug 2014
#10
Right wing nuts who think its Socialism + Far left folks pissed that its not.
JoePhilly
Aug 2014
#19
poll finds misperceptions about the ACA,persist for the ignorant. You shouldn't be 'depressed'.
Sunlei
Aug 2014
#20
The bigger problem is that is lackluster reform even as a market based strategy
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#29
You feel the same way about ALL laws,...... that "debate over it to be closed"
NM_Birder
Aug 2014
#30