Reply #20: It will be mandated just as FICA or SSI is mandated

[zalinda]

You want single payer, this is the way to get it. What would happen if people, especially the 20 somethings decide not to "buy" into the insurance plan, because nothing bad ever happens to them. They get hurt or sick and they use the emergency room as their doctor's office. I'm sure that when SSI first appeared on pay checks people said WTF?

Now, you may not understand that you can "buy" into any plan you want, from private insurance or from the government, like Medicaid. Just think of it as car insurance for your body. And those that can't afford it, will get it free, from the government.

zalinda