“Insurance is a form of socialism”? You’re really reaching with that one, petergrt. It is a service provided by a capitalist approach: take people’s money for the promise of future payback. Calculated risk is at the heart of business!
Or did you think those big buildings in Hartford, Philadelphia, Boston, etc., were built by government?
You can argue that requiring insurance is a government action, but that still doesn’t make it socialism.
Socialism would bypass the whole system and simply own the healthcare system itself. No one’s suggesting that, least of all Obama.
“Insurance is a form of socialism”? You’re really reaching with that one, petergrt. It is a service provided by a capitalist approach: take people’s money for the promise of future payback. Calculated risk is at the heart of business! Or did you think those big buildings in Hartford, Philadelphia, Boston, etc., were built by government? You can argue that requiring insurance is a government action, but that still doesn’t make it socialism. Socialism would bypass the whole system and simply own the healthcare system itself. No one’s suggesting that, least of all Obama.