[Vision2020] Otter fights health care with "sue the feds" law

[Garrett Clevenger]

Yes, you're supposed to buy car insurance and a license if you drive a car.  As you state, that's not mandatory as nobody is making you drive. You still have an option to not drive.


From what I understand, it's liability car insurance you're supposed to have so that other people are insured if you get in an accident.  Whether you want to insure yourself or your vehicle is an option.


Bike insurance would presumably be to protect yourself, not necesarily the endangered public, but maybe you're thinking liability insurance.  Personally, I wouldn't want that to be a mandate. I believe you're supposed to license your bike if you live in Moscow.


I was more interested in something everybody is mandated to buy as everyone will need health care at some point.  So everyone will need to be insured. Is there another analogy?


If you don't have health insurance under the law if it's passed, will you be denied treatment 


Are health care providers obligated to report non-insured patients?


Garrett Clevenger




--- On Thu, 3/18/10, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:


From: Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter fights health care with "sue the feds" law
To: "Garrett Clevenger" <garrettmc at verizon.net>
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:53 AM


Garrett,


You asked: "Can you think of anything else the government requires its citizens to buy?" 


Car Insurance!  And it's not mandatory for everyone that operates a vehicle, just motor vehicles.
Based on all the discussions on the board about cars/trucks vs bicycles, don't you think it would be a good idea for bicycle
operators to be insured too? IF they want to share the roads at are paid for by gas taxes, shouldn't they at least be insured?
I've seen a lot of discussion about what "rights" bicycle operators have, yet I haven't seen any discussion of their responsibilities.


And what about the cost of various licenses?  How about a bicycle license?  


Just throwing that out for discussion.














On Mar 18, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Garrett Clevenger wrote:
Can you think of anything else the government requires its citizens to buy?
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