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Did you state qualify as "free?" Colorado did, but my home of Florida did not. Neither did Texas or any of the GOP stalwarts.
http://www.legalzoom.com/everyday-law/home-leisure/how-free-is-your-state

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michel prins said…
libertarian = new name for anarchists.
July 30, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Amy Rothstein said…
This article has a wacko idea of freedom. Freedom to not wear a helmet may or may not be your idea of freedom, but is it really emblematic of actual freedom? No. How about freedom to go to the doctor, or to do so without risking bankruptcy? In the US,  no matter what state you're in, that's only possible if you are a federal employee, ex-military, are old/disabled enough for Medicare.
July 30, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Amy Rothstein said…
Chad Goode No, that's exactly NOT what I am doing. Medicare, as you may know, is not free. You still pay premiums, and taxes as well. BUT you are FREE to get health care without risking everything.  I do consider that to be a deep kind of FREEDOM, and it's far more important to me than the utterly unimportant freedom to bash your naked head on the pavement.
July 31, 2012 at 7:49 AM
Amy Rothstein said…
Paul Rosen Actually, I don't consider it a bad thing to have to pay premiums, as long as it's a single payer system like Medicare. I just don't want to pay for defective insurance that makes profit by denying care.
July 31, 2012 at 7:52 AM
Amy Rothstein said…
Paul Rosen Yes, Medicare has some big problems now, mostly due to the fact that everyone on it is already sick or over 65! Of course that's because the lawmakers in the 60s allowed the insurance industry to set themselves up with only healthy people!  When (not if) they remove the "over 65" limitation, it will be fine.
August 1, 2012 at 7:28 AM
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