self-insure

The man looks white-faced at my father and asks him what he means by the term self-insure.

The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

The man looks white-faced at my father and asks him what he means by the term self-insure.

The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

Professor Jack Balkin has characterized such acts as decisions to self-insure.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform 2010

It is simply the only way to recover the costs that people who self-insure impose on others if they get sick, receive medical care, and then are unable to pay for that care.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010

Once again, I still fail to see how imposing an additional tax on people who choose to self-insure constitutes coercing people to buy insurance.

The Volokh Conspiracy » New lawsuit on Obamacare 2010

It may make sense for an individual to self-insure, that is go bare or elect a policy with a very high deductible, when they can afford a hit on account of property loss.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Lipstick on the Health-Reform Pig: 2010

It is simply the only way to recover the costs that people who self-insure impose on others if they get sick, receive medical care, and then are unable to pay for that care.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010

Refusing to purchase health insurance is not mere inactivity — in fact, it is economic behavior amounting to a decision to self-insure, in which case the uninsured person negatively impacts the risk pool and opts to generally rely on the ER and over-the-counter medications.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Health insurance mandate as a privacy right violation 2010

For starters, the "everyone sooner or later" has to access the health-care insurance market argument is belied by the millions who self-insure.

Why do conservatives oppose the individual mandate? Jennifer Rubin 2011

Refusing to purchase health insurance is not mere inactivity — in fact, it is economic behavior amounting to a decision to self-insure, in which case the uninsured person negatively impacts the risk pool and opts to generally rely on the ER and over-the-counter medications.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Health insurance mandate as a privacy right violation 2010