[unprepare]

>and I don't want to pay for the bad mistakes of others

When some moron nail guns a board to his head and goes to the ER you are still paying for that.

What you are now not paying for is people fighting cancer, MS, AIDs, and other long term and terminal diseases.

What made you believe that this legislation would enable you to avoid 'paying for the bad mistakes of others'?

[Overtonwindow]

Technically, since you apparently missed my point by writing a post on pure emotion, If I don't have to buy insurance then I'm not forced to pay for insurance and thus my money does not go towards someone who drinks to excess, smokes cigarettes, or engages in deliberate behavior that will likely increase their chances of going to the hospital.

[unprepare]

> my money does not go towards someone who drinks to excess

except that you absolutely will be paying for them not seeing a doctor and waiting until they have to go to the emergency room.

People who drink in excess go to the ER and get their stomachs pumped - thats paid for by the taxpayers if the person doesnt have insurance. My point was exactly that - you cannot avoid paying for these emergency rooms visits by changing how insurance works, the way to pay less for these emergency room visits is to decrease them by promoting more holistic care - and how does the government promote things? by providing economic incentives in the form of tax breaks, subsidies, etc.

I guess you missed my point by responding with pure emotion...