cost is extremely minimal to us, the public. even if say 100 per day were in an accident (36500/yr) 50% insured/50% not, it's still absolutely nothing when you have 10,000/day illegals entering this country getting free healthcare for life. :evil: The doctors office I volunteer at will bill insurance companies 4x the amount they charge cash patients. This is a pretty standard practice. Every day a different drug rep comes and buys the whole office lunch (30 people). Patients end up paying through their prescription charge.
When everything in this country is designed to scam you out of as much money as possible including government and corporation corruption, the small percentage of helmetless accidents where the patient doesn't die and doesn't have insurance is near the bottom of the totem pole.
How far do u take it? How many rights do you take away before everyone is safe? Charge people a 100% tax on their fast food because they will probably have a heart attack in the future? etc... Do you get rid of playgrounds because a kid might fall off a swing or should kids wear helmets in playgrounds too?
Say he lived from his avoidable accident and in the future had cancer, a heart attack, or a stroke. What's the difference? The samll amount he did or didn't pay for insurance premiums would not cover the costs of any of those procedures. Somebody is still going to pay somewhere. I would rather pay for an accident than waste, fraud, price gouging, and illegals.
Yes, I think people should make their decisions being aware of the possible outcomes, but enough with the hand holding and being told how, when, and where you're going to do everything. Ok, end of rant. I wouldn't have even posted because this is not the place for these issues, but the story in the original post does have to deal with personal freedom, personal choices, and politics. No reply necessary :lol: