Auto Insurance Analogy Doesn’t Hold

The promoters of substandard socialized health care that are pushing for individual purchasing mandates keep trying to use the auto insurance paradigm as a justification for forcing citizens to purchasing health insurance.  The problem is that that the comparison doesn’t hold, and continuing to push that metaphor is at best disingenuous and at worst, a feckless lie.  Why? Because auto insurance is typically broken into two components – comprehensive and liability – and is more about guaranteeing that you can pay for damages you CAUSE against OTHER PEOPLE or OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY.  My body, and my health, are not the PROPERTY of the United States Government.