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American health insurance

I'm in the States visiting my in-laws. Reading through today's local paper, there is a story about a new law in the neighbouring state of Massachusetts which is being touted as universal healthcare. The idea is simple: everyone must buy health insurance, or face fines.

I don't know of any place in the world other than the United States that forcing people to buy health insurance on pain of fines can possibly be considered universal healthcare. For people who cannot afford healthcare insurance, adding a fine on top of their other expenses is not going to help matters.

For reference, this law is signed by former Mass. Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Ugh.

Posted at 14:24 on December 26, 2007

Greater Toronto Transit Authority -- sorry, Metrolinx -- wants your input | foreign | Highway 6 improvements a waste of money

Donovan Hill (www.lazyeyez.net) writes at Mon Feb 25 19:50:10 EST 2008...

David: I think you can look at our own country. We may not impose fines, but provincial governments will garnishee your wages if you don't pay your MSP premiums and/or send you to collections.

We're not much better off IMO.

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