"Car insurance is a different situation since without it you are posing a danger to other drivers. If you don't get health insurance, the only person you would pose a danger to is yourself--you would have to pay entirely for your own care."


               Not true, Ron. The only risk you pose to other drivers is not being able to pay damages. Otherwise not having insurance doesn't pose any greater risk to anyone else. That's why the issue of driver's licenses to illegals is so stupid.

               But if you choose not to carry health insurance, and end up in the emergency room from an accident, you are a burden on the same exact public that the uninsured motorist is.