Our President seems to latch on to any illogical argument hoping to advance his agenda. Speaking to Jake Tapper about the threat of jail time to those who refuse to buy health insurance, President Obama said:

What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don’t, you’re subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it’s affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there’s a thousand dollar hidden tax that families all across America are — are burdened by because of the fact that people don’t have health insurance, you know, there’s nothing wrong with a penalty.

What is he missing? You don’t have to drive. You can decide that your circumstances call for no car and therefore no insurance.

I understand his point that people without insurance burden the system, but how much of this is the system and how much is caused by irresponsible people. It is government that has driven up the cost of health care. It is government that imposes mandates that drives up the cost of health insurance. It is government that thwarts the free market by unconstitutionally placing barriers to interstate commerce. It is government that makes it easier for the hospital to seek government payments than to chase down their own payments.

I say fix the problem, not the symptom.

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