Was Obama’s car insuranace / health insurance analogy a bad one to use?
October 11th, 2010
Question by Obama – Wimp in the White House: Was Obama’s car insuranace / health insurance analogy a bad one to use?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/14/health-insurance-mandate-works-like-auto-insurance-think/
Read the article before you slam FOX.
President Obama said:
“Unless everybody does their part, many of the insurance reforms we seek, especially requiring insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions, just can’t be achieved,” Obama said in his address last week to Congress. “That’s why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance — just as most states require you to carry auto insurance.”
This is a very bad analogy because:
The auto insurance mandate is easily avoidable. If you don’t want to pay, don’t drive a car.
Don’t want to pay for health insurance? You have to drop dead because the government is going to fine you.
“You can avoid the auto insurance mandate by divesting yourself of a car. The only way to avoid a health insurance mandate is by divesting yourself of a body,” said Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.
Best answer:
Answer by Mr. Happy Face
He never was the sharpest tool in the shed.
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