With a lot of the safety net issue, creative insurance arrangements are the answer -- but the free market will meet these demands at an affordable cost if government does not interfere.

We've got to begin thinking outside the government box.

Just as it is an injustice to force a free person to purchase a product, it should also be not allowed to saddle the rest of society with the bill due to their lack of personal responsibility.

The whole abortion thing is what gets me. Regardless if you are pro-choice or pro-life, show me one existing insurance plan where an abortion is not considered an elective procedure. My insurance doesn't even cover a yearly physical or vaccines, and I work for a hospital!

I believe most people would get insurance, or pay for the damages out of their pocket, plus be way more careful;..-- in other words, we could work it out without mandating insurance.

Only people ignorant of the prinicples involved will make that analogy.

Plus, the topic of paying for government services -- we can raise taxes to pay for government services through indirect taxes -- it's the direct taxes which are immoral.

Think things through before you start making wild claims.

A majority of Americans agreed with President Obama in 2008, that the interests of the community are more important than are the interests of the individual. As a result, a new union organizing movement has begun, creating the Community Voters Union (CVU).
Using the popular Card Check Program, community organizers forming the CVU will bring voters into a union, simplifying their community life. When 1% of people in a region sign the CVU card checks given them at shopping malls, places of employment as well as door-to-door, the CVU will officially form. They will be responsible for voting the interests of the community. Voters need never go to the polls again. Union leaders voting the community’s interests block big-money right wing attempts to sway voters. Dues from each voter will pay the costs of this welcomed voter service. The Community Union Councils gather periodically to decide who will hold elected offices as well as new legislation and enforcement procedures. The voters in community will never again have to worry about making those choices. The President encourages voters to take advantage of the CVU so the voting process is more orderly and predictable. Because of his enormous popularity, people are rushing to obtain voting cards to sign up. CVU will usher into American Politics a glorious new day of certainty and peace in voting. Right-wing extremist critics claim the first card checks will have only names from the graveyards to establish CVU supremacy. They claim CVU is patterned after the USSR soviets, regional community voting blocs that transmit community interests to one central presidium or parliament. They are partially correct, in that the American Congress will be changed to a parliament and the Constitution set aside as a historical document only. However, only community interests are important, which assigns to the CVU the control over what was once called “private property” and bank accounts in each of the regions they control. This will assure Americans that the wealth will be spread around, as the President was so well credited in his campaign. There will no longer be term limits assigned to the office of President, only that he receives a periodic vote of confidence from the CVU. Succession falls to the choice of the President when the need arises. This, most Americans agree, is how an orderly government works. For thousands of years, orderly government rested with a sovereign, a chief of state, where family members were trained to take the reins when the need arose, so we can look to having one of Obama’s daughters rise to that leadership position. (Is this really an absurdity? claysamerica.com)