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[jess_teh_skox]

By this point, I was intending to be in the middle of a very mildly successful job hunt. And while I have managed to fill out a few applications online, I haven't been able to devote as much time to that as I'd like. (So, um....yaaaaaaaay for easily obtainable fallbacks!) Long story short, insurance looks to be one of the more unpleasant parts of

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[huzlinefan]

Not say whether either is unconstitutional or not, but there are at least a couple of differences that could be brought up. Auto accidents tend to affect other people, namely strangers, whereas a person's health concerns would more likely be a strictly personal problem. If you collide with another motorist, you have an obligation to reimburse him or her. If you fall and sprain your foot, that's just your problem alone.

And car insurance is pretty much only for isolated accidents, right? Whereas auto insurance would cover one incident at a time, health insurance might have to be used for, say, a recurring prescription or treatments. Okkay, so maybe this has nothing to do with the argument, but I thought it was an interesting comparison.

But I think it might be that people are more likely to take advantage of/rely on health insurance than they would with auto. I don't think anyone would drive recklessly, thinking "If I get an accident, my insurance will cover it!" But would it be a stretch to imagine someone who doesn't take their hygiene/diet/whatever habits as seriously because he or she knows he/she will be taken care of down the line?

(This makes me wonder if people take better care of their cars than they do of themselves...)

Sorry, I just feel like discussing this sort of thing since I've been reading SuperFreakonomics.

Which console's Animal Crossing are you playing (also kind of asking Taylor here)? I haven't played Wild World or City Folk, but I can certainly vouch for the surprising addictiveness of Animal Crossing: No Special Subtitle*. The NES games help.

*(Why are foreign language captions called subtitles, anyway? They're not below titles.)

[huzlinefan]

Oh! And another difference is that a person can easily opt out of having to pay for auto insurance by - and this is the really clever bit! - not driving a car! However, if health insurance were mandatory...the only alternative would be, um, death, I guess. But let's not get into life insurance...

[jess_teh_skox]

...makes sense-ish to me, at least!

I've just been watching the GameCube version of Animal Crossing thus far. Have had to physically restrain myself from asking to take it out for a test drive.

[huzlinefan]

My sister has been playing it a lot lately.

- Jim