Compelling Travel Health Insurance Is Not So Un American

John Powers thinks it is un-American to mandate that everyone buy health insurance. We already have several such mandates which are working smoothly, thank you. Let us start with Social Security and Medicare Travel Health Insurance. How is it that we Americans are being forced to save to finance our living upon retirement and not become a ward of the state Travel Health Insurance.

Despite his claims to the unenforceability of positive duty, the IRS is not having any problem in collecting these payments. Mr. Powers and I have no choice but to pay for Social Security and Medicare. The same system will work for health insurance.

The case for requiring everyone to buy health insurance is the same as that for requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets -- society, i.e. taxpayers, pays for whatever health care may be needed, and for however long. We pay to care for someone severely ill without health insurance, or for the severely injured helmetless cyclist if his Health Insurance runs out.