Flounder argued that the guy was an idiot for riding a scooter in the snow. Majority agreed, but nothing that was illegal. Therefore, illegal no, right thing to do, probably not, but that's not our decision to make. Health insurance, right thing to do/have, probably, legal to go without it, yes. But the difference in this case is that we ALL pay for the uninsured with regards to healthcare costs, so if the rest of us have to pay into a system that benefits people outside of the system, those people should also be mandated to pay their fair share. Not necessarily an equal amount, but their fair share. ...and we're heading down another debate with a bunch of hypotheticals and false equivalencies, when the bottom line is, we - as Americans - are the cost leader in health care, but have neither the best health, longest lives, or highest quality of life when compared to other countries.