Reply #112: What price doesn't just keep going up?

[Carl Skan]

Uninsured driver insurance fell like a rock once mandatory auto insurance began. And yes, there is a direct comparison in the fact that making insurance mandatory would reduce the cost of Medicare/Medicaid that is currently burdened with paying for their health care.

If you are debating whether a larger pool of insured brings down the cost per person or not (which I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not), I'd only suggest you do a few minutes of research on the subject. That's the entire idea behind insurance and it's the reason I pay out the ass for health insurance for my small business vs a larger company that has much lower rates for better coverage.

While single payer would be best (partly due to the reasons cited above), if you think eliminating the insurance companies will ever pass congress, we'll have to choose to live in different realities. I'm not a fan of arguing for things that have absolutely no realistic chance.