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Old 04-15-2009, 07:39 PM   #314
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson View Post
Very well, if you insist. Let me spell it out for you then: Why do you object on "principled grounds" to the free-riding of others, (per above)

but don't you when it comes to your own free-riding?
When I pay for insurance, I will not be a free rider; I will be paying for myself. Nor am I a free rider right now; I do not need medical care. (If I did, I would be up s*** creek; but I don't.) BTW, if I did incur costs I would pay for them out of my own pocket.

Now, what if everyone copied my behavior? All those in the system would be high cost patients. My cost would go up. So what? I'd still pay it.
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