This is the fourth post in a four-part series on the American healthcare system.
Pre-Existing Conditions
The Individual Mandate required all Americans not covered by a “qualifying plan” to purchase insurance or pay a penalty. We require basic car insurance to legally drive, so why not health insurance? However, this is an apples-to-oranges comparison. Driving is a privilege and is voluntary (we can choose not to drive), while one’s health is impossible to separate from the individual. Compelling citizens to buy something from the government, just because they are alive, borders on the tyrannical. Besides, the government’s interests are often not aligned with our own.
Continuing with the car insurance analogy, you don’t call up the auto insurance company after you’ve been in an accident and expect to be able to buy coverage to fix your car. Yet this is exactly what Obamacare’s Guaranteed Issue encourages. Continue reading American Healthcare in Crisis: Problems and Solutions (Part 4)