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>The Mass and Calif plans *require* the uninsured, under the threat
>of substantial
>financial penalities, to buy their own health insurance. If that
>isn't the craziest fucking thing I've heard in a long time, I don't
>know what is: they don't have the money, remember?
California *requires* drivers to have auto insurance too. That's worked out real well. Statewide, the percentage of uninsured motorists is about 14%. In "underserved" communities it's about 38%.