Archive for the ‘compulsory insurance’ Category

Coverage isn’t care in Massachusetts

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Despite all the wishful thinking in the world, politicians cannot guarantee that people get required medical care by making it a crime for them not to have insurance (as defined by politicians.)  From last week's Boston Globe: The wait to see primary care doctors in Massachusetts has grown to as long ...

Compulsory insurance exploits healthy “invincibles”

Monday, April 28th, 2008

In a previous post I've noted that one of the most authoritarian and paternalistic aspects of Colorado's Senate Bill 217 (as proposed) and the 208 Commission's recommendations is that it would make it a crime for Coloradans not to buy insurance -- as politicians define it. This is known is ...