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FLyellowdog

(4,276 posts) Fri Jul 27, 2012, 01:28 AM Jul 2012

Florida's Mandatory Health Insurance Law

Wouldn't this be a good argument in support of the mandatory health insurance portion of ACA?

"Persons at least 21 years of age may ride a motorcycle without a helmet if they can show proof of medical insurance coverage in the amounts of at least $10,000.00 that will pay for injuries they may incur in a motorcycle crash. "
http://www.way2insure.com/what-do-i-need/florida-motorcycle-insurance/

I mean, it being Florida and all...

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Florida's Mandatory Health Insurance Law (Original Post) FLyellowdog Jul 2012 OP

$10,000 these days... orwell Jul 2012 #1

Exactly. You'd need about half a million in the bank to cover how a cycle accident could mess Nay Jul 2012 #2

My guess.... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #5

What a ridiculous requirement. What's that gonna cover? A head CT scan maybe? nt Cass Jul 2012 #3

I use a full-face helmet... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #4

orwell

(7,775 posts)

1. $10,000 these days...

Reply to FLyellowdog (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 01:38 AM

Jul 2012

...is one visit to the ER without an overnight stay.

What a joke...

Nay

(12,051 posts)

2. Exactly. You'd need about half a million in the bank to cover how a cycle accident could mess

Reply to orwell (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 06:40 AM

Jul 2012

you up -- think titanium plates screwed to your thigh bone, etc. Or months in a coma, or in rehab.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

5. My guess....

Reply to Nay (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:10 AM

Jul 2012

Is that having adequate coverage is not a LOT more than having minimal coverage. Maybe the plan was, offer up a small "mandatory" requirement (which might be more politically palatable) in hopes that people will say, "What the hell" and spend the extra few bucks to get a policy that means something.

Just a guess, though...

Cass

(2,600 posts)

3. What a ridiculous requirement. What's that gonna cover? A head CT scan maybe? nt

Reply to FLyellowdog (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 07:03 AM

Jul 2012

meaculpa2011

(918 posts)

4. I use a full-face helmet...

Reply to FLyellowdog (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 07:51 AM

Jul 2012

whether I'm riding in a "Helmet Law" state or not.

I have since the day I kick started my first bike back in the days before helmet laws.

I still believe it's nobody's business but mine.

The state cannot protect citizens from drunk drivers or people texting with both hands (one of them swerved within six inches of me yesterday) while at the wheel of a Cadillac Escalade, but they persist in trying to protect me from myself.

I don't drink sodas or Big Gulps, let alone 32 ounce versions. I don't eat fast food of any kind. I don't fill up my shopping cart with potato chips, convenience foods or ground up, breaded chicken beaks. I don't smoke marijuana or snort cocaine.

But it is still nobody's business!

BTW: What part of the chicken is its nugget?

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