Here’s how Trump’s tax law is raising health insurance premiums

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(07-27-2018, 05:15 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Because EVERYONE was paying for the people who did not have health insurance.  When doctors and hospitals lose money because patients can not pay they have to raise the prices for everyone else.  The number one cause of bankruptcy in the country is medical bills.  When all of those debts get written off prices are raised on everyone else to make up for the losses.

Kind of the same reasoning behind requiring auto insurance.  When people who don't have insurance for the damage they cause can't pay someone else has to.

EVERYONE benefits if EVERYONE has health and auto insurance.  That is "promoting the general welfare".

I understand all that. But, requiring everyone to purchase health insurance or face punishment is antithetical to freedom. 

And there's a difference between health and auto insurance in that only those who purchase a vehicle have to buy auto insurance.  AND, the only time you get in trouble for ont having auto insurance is when you get caught - which usually happens when you need it.

I'm all for lowering the costs of health care - heck, I'll even consider government-run or single payer health care if done right - but not at the expense of American's freedoms.