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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Imagine if a state wins a case. How many hundreds of thousands of citizens will leave immediately for a state that lets them get care in their own country? I mean, it makes one wonder if they're really thinking past their noses. Do you think everyone is rich and healthy enough to buy insurance, but they just dont want to?
If your state doesnt participate, then your citizens dont get the benefit, and you doom your entire state health care system into the old way until they all leave as well for greener pastures. There is no "winning" via knee-jerk lawsuit.
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Where to begin...
1. What you describe with the states has been happening for years. People have been fleeing the high tax, semi-socialist republics of Massachusetts, California, Michigan, etc. for other states with less government burden. The people who are going to these aforementioned states are in fact looking for the handouts you mention. So it is already happening... unfortunately these states are losing more productive victims (tax payers) to the other states so they are close to bankruptcy.
2. I am rich and healthy and have not had health insurance for most of my life. It is an educated choice based on age, health, and statistics - The same variables insurance companies use to determine my rate. So, to answer your question, Yes... there are a lot of people who can afford it but choose not to have insurance. These same people do not want to pay for other people's medical coverage. Keeping in mind that the poor and elderly already get their medical expenses covered via Medicaid and Medicare.
Maintenance of life, at the expense of someone else, is not a right...