Arguments for Health Care are Same for Auto Insurance

 
There are some that have watched the debate over health care with much amusement. They say that the country should not have the ability to mandate that people have health care. They say that it is up to the individual as to whether or not they want to have health care insurance, and the government and their states do not have the right to do anything else about it.
 
But where does auto insurance come in then? Many want to know that if it is not the government’s position to tell you when to get auto insurance, and to require that you have it if you own a car, then why do we have it? They argue that people have been paying for auto insurance for years and making it a law hasn’t changed anything in terms of personal rights – but it has made the roads a safer place. If you get into an accident with someone and they don’t have auto insurance you really get the short end of the stick – and have to pay for much of it yourself, or your auto insurance company does. If you are running, operating, etc. a motor vehicle you have to take responsibility for that car and get auto insurance.
 
The same goes for yourself as a person. They argue that if you get sick and want to go to a hospital, etc. it is not the hospital’s job to pay for you to get well. It is not their job to ensure that you get the care you need if you do not have health insurance. Auto insurance and health insurance are the same idea – they are there to protect us when something happens that we have no control over, and both should be mandated by the government.

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