People equating health insurance to car insurance are hedging dangerously close

[ScreamingMeemie]

...to that old Rushism, "Health insurance is a privilege, and not a right."

My own issues with the vote aside:

My husband and I told our daughter, when she took her driver's training, that it was a privilege to be able to drive. We told her we would insure her for that privilege and cover the cost.

While I understand that some are really happy, and some are not, this is an apples and oranges statement and a dangerous analogy.

[Cleobulus]

1. Not to mention it falls apart further when you use it claiming its an example...

of cost stabilization and other factors.

I demolish such an argument here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=218894&mesg_id=224668

And I even failed to mention "no fault" claims, you know, when the car insurance company refuses to pay a claim because, well hell, accidents happen.