Missouri Voters Vote to Repeal "Everyone Must Buy Insurance"

Now, I have to say that I don't see why everyone is upset that the government is mandating that everyone buy health insurance. (Except in so far as poor people will probably not have to do so.)

But doesn't it just make sense for everyone to have health insurance, so that when they have a health problem, and go to the emergency room, they don't get a free ride, which is what they get now?

That's why I don't understand why people are saying that if we get Obama's health care it will be free. Obviously, it won't be, because everybody's got to buy a policy. (Of course if they don't, and they're thrown in jail, that could be interesting.)

That's what Proc C was about, if I'm reading this right. Not repealing Obamacare per se, just repealing the part of it that says that people have to buy health insurance. So perhaps it means people in Missouri really do want free healthcare. ; )

From Rush's program:

The New York Times, Monica Davey: "Missouri Voters Reject Health Law -- Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people --" it actually says that "-- made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box." Ordinary people. As opposed to who? The ruling class? The political class? "The measure was intended to invalidate a crucial element of President Obama's health care law -- namely, that most people be required to get health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Supporters of the measure said it would send a firm signal to Washington about how this state, often a bellwether in presidential elections, felt about such a law." You know, it's good to have this. It's great to have this vote on record, but we already know what most people in this country think of this. We've had polling data on it for months now. Those people don't like it. They didn't like it before it was voted on. The Democrats have been governing against the will of the people for 18 months now. "'My constituents told me they felt like their voices had been ignored and they wanted Washington to hear them,' Jane Cunningham, a state senator and Republican who had pressed for a vote, said Tuesday night. 'It looks to me like they just picked up a megaphone.'"