I am one of those scofflaws who is currently gaming the system by not buying health insurance until I get old enough to start getting sick. Why the hell should I pay a couple of hundred thousand dollars, over the years, for insurance that I do not yet need, that does not cover my needs (routine doctor visits) and barely covers catastrophic care? (If I were still in my twenties, I probably could save a good half million by not paying Obamacare premiums before needing care that would make the premium payments worth paying.)

Frankly, Obamacare has raised healthcare to such high levels that I have to choose between buying health insurance that I don’t yet need and buying food that I do need. Before Obamacare, I would buy the inexpensive catastrophic care, even while unemployed, because I could afford that and food and mortgage payments (I have since paid off my mortgage). Right now, Obamacare costs almost as much as my previous insurance and my (previous) mortgage combined! And the deductible is twice what it was for my previous, affordable catastrophic-insurance policy.

Obama promised that we would save $2,500 on his Obamacare, but I am saving far more than that — by not buying Obamacare insurance.

Frankly, if Obamacare’s preexisting-conditions provision is such a good idea for healthcare insurance, then why is it a bad idea for other kinds of insurance? If the Obamacare mandate is such a good idea, then why are we not also mandated to buy policies of every kind of insurance?

These aren’t really rhetorical questions. I would appreciate it if someone, such as an Obamacare supporter, would answer them.