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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Putting aside for a moment questions of practicality and whether you think it would function well or not, would you have the same "I'm forced to buy it" objection if we went to a true universal single payer system, where, instead of subsidizing purchase of health insurance by individuals from private companies, health insurance was paid for entirely by the government, budgeted from tax revenue?
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Considering I think government is too big as it is and my general philosophy that I prefer government keep its hands out of as much as possible, I suppose I would have a problem with it on a philosophical level. As with anyone, my taxes go to support all sorts of things that I do not philosophically support. But because of how you defined the issue, the "I'm forced to buy it" objection goes away and would be, of course, replaced by numerous other objections, which would be more in line with my normal objections to government intrusion into my life and high taxation.