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Two-Thirds Polled Said "Yes" to Health Insurance, Over Car Insurance

If you only had to buy one or the other, it would be health insurance.

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legislation to require affordable health insurance in America, I thought—that's not much different than requiring I buy insurance when I register my car, and homeowner insurance when I take out a mortage to buy a house.

So, what if we had to choose among those sorts of insurance, which would we choose?

So I asked in a poll. (Click here to still vote.)

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The result was two out of three chose health insurance for themselves, over car insurance.

Now I'm not saying I want to give up my car in order to do that; the house, maybe. 

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How about you?

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