re: #530 MandyManners

What then? Will we be forced to pay for high-speed internet connections for all? What about those who don’t own computers? Will we be forced to buy computers for them?

Not the same thing, health care is a matter of distributing risk, internet access is not. Internet access is a utility, like a road.

You’re already paying for the insured’s health care because we don’t prevent people from using ERs as their sole access to health care. Ideologically, it’s irrelevant, we’re all already paying for it whether you like it or not. Just like your car insurance reflects the risk of uninsured drivers, and why we have a mandate for car insurance. If we didn’t have a mandate for car insurance, your rates would go up.