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Originally Posted by Sly You're still comparing a luxury (owning a car) with a necessity (living.) Find a better parallel.

An automobile is a necessity in life for me. Probably for most people. Maybe if you live in NYC or some other city with a subway and lots of taxis ... But if you are poor and unable to afford a car relying on buses in metro-areas or some other access to transportation like; friends, family, etc. ... However, if you fall into that class there is free Medicaid or heavily subsidised healthcare now available to you if your income is less than 4 times the poverty level.

These subsidies are paid for by the "obamacare fairy?" No, more younger healthier people in the pool, maybe some rate increases, maybe some tax increase -- hopefully an increase in efficiency and a reduction of excess overall healthcare costs paid to the providers. (Doctors, Clinics and Hospitals (Don't forget big pharma and medical device and supply companies)).

Obamacare is a ponzi scam much in the same way as Medicare and Social Security is. Medicare and Social Security is a cornerstone of social policy in this country and in time universal healthcare will be too.

So, who among you will not accept some of your Social Security retirement benefits if you don't really need them? -- you might (or should) be able to take a tax credit for that -- where is your compassion for the less fortunate ... Don't hold you breath it ain't ever going to happen that way.