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Re: What is the exact meaning of MIB?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 01:56:26 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> Russ Redmyer <redmyer@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > And I shouldn't have to wear my seatbelt If I don't want to!
> > >
> > > And you shouldn't receive a dime's worth of medical aid, either from
> > > your insurance plan (unless you specifically contract with them to
> > > provide non seatbelt wearing insurance) or from any kind of
> > > government medical assistance. :)
> >
> >
> > I agree that it should be the prerogative of the insurance carrier to
> > stipulate such things, but definitely not the government.
>
> Just to be clear, you mean that the government should not have the
> right to make it illegal for you to not wear your seatbelt, not that
> the government should not be able to deny you medical aid should you
> choose to not wear it and suffer an injury because of it?
What I am basically saying is that if the government is going to provide a
good (in this case, disability income), it has the right to set conditions
on your receiving that good, just the same as a private company should
(though it can not discriminate on the basis of anything not related to the
good, in this example, race, sex, sexual preference, etc).
Now there clearly is a separate argument as to whether the government should
at all be in the business of providing disability income for anyone other
than government employees.
Oh, and the government emergency services shouldn't refuse to transport you
to a hospital because you weren't wearing a seatbelt.
Frank
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