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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
and I don't believe that crompsin or I were bringing gun control up as an issue. What we DID bring up though, is the premise that professions like doctors and insurance companies are asking questions about gun ownership and basing their rates or medical diagnosis on that answer. It is just another form of societal manipulation through intimidation. Which is the same thought process as those who base higher taxes on disliked activities.
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Well, the issue of "sin taxes" and the issue of invasive questionnaires are different ones. And in fact as long as medicine is private and for profit, insurance companies and doctors will ask that, and they should. The only way to price insurance in a private market is to learn about all the risky behavior. If you don't like that they ask about it and price accordingly, then you shouldn't like it that they ask people about smoking habits, drinking habits, medical history, etc, etc. Soon, they end up without a way of pricing insurance, and therefore pull out of the market. Then the only solution becomes single payer healthcare system.
Now, I am all for universal healthcare and a single payer system. It seems like you are not. Just keep in mind that as long as its a private market, they have all the right in the world to ask those questions.