re: #551 sattv4u2

yeah ,,, about thye “right” issue

I have the right to free speech, but if I choose to remain silent I don’t get fined
I have the right to bear arms, but if I choose not to own a gun, I don’t get fined
I now have the right to health ins, but if I choose not to buy it, I don’t get ,,,oh , wait,,, shit!

it’s needed. We have to do it. Period, end of story. The mandate is essential. Otherwise the system will be broken. If you don’t have health care, and you break your leg, or you need an emergency appendectomy, or you have a tonic-clonic seizure, my ass (and every other taxpayer) pays for you. And I want that to stop. it’s the adult thing to recognize that the system as it stands is broken, it must change.

I like living in a country that recognizes that the machinery of health care cannot be ignored any longer. We can’t just put our hands over our eyes and ignore the distribution of risk that must happen.