Abortion Threatens Health-Insurance Overhaul
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“A key Democratic senator said Tuesday that he won’t vote for an overhaul of the health care system if the bill does not clearly restrict federal funding for ending pregnancies. The comments from Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska were a sign that the abortion dispute that nearly derailed the House health care bill will play a critical role in the Senate.” (Fox News, Tuesday)
How can one insure against a volitional act?
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“The Myth of Health Insurance” by Thomas Szasz
Comment by Dan G In Montana on 11 November 2009:
The issue of volitional or non-volitional acts is irrelevant to the current health care debate. Health insurance, as popularly (mis)understood, is now intended as a cradle-to-grave (or is it conception-to-grave for right-to-lifers) mechanism for funding health care. As such, it is not insurance and cannot work economically as insurance. Its a separate issue whether the legal medical procedure of abortion is moral. My fear is that many on the right would accept socialist medicine, provided that abortion were outlawed, while many on the left would trade away the freedom of choice, so long as they get their socialist medicine. The end result will be socialist medicine without women having the reproductive freedom of choice.