the true conservative:

mark14:

Yes pay for it yourself or we will tax you. Only a conservative would call having someone else pay it for you freedom.

What if I want to self-insure?

Put up the surety reserve into an escrow acct

Oh wait, that will be MORE expensive in terms of Opportunity costs because you will have to put up a large enough bond to cover all possible covered medical expenses.

Or alternatively you can go to a bonding agency (like the government) and pay a monthly fee (a tax or insurance premium) to do the same thing... odd how it ends up being essentially one and the same.

So you have a choice - take the benefits of society and the costs and responsiblities associated with it. OR move to Somalia where that nasty thing called The Government just isn't around much.

YOU CHOSE.