Actually it is not a bogus argument. In a scenario where liability insurance was not a requirement, drivers would have to add uninsured-motorist policies to their coverage in order to recover the cost of repairs where they were not at fault. In such a scenario, the more insurance companies would have to pay out on such claims, the higher the premiums for uninsured-motorist policies would be.
As you should well know.
Health care providers do not absorb the costs of uninsured patients - unless their goal is to declare bankruptcy. Those costs get passed along to those who do pay for services. (On a side note: unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of hospitals closing down their emergency services. I'll give you one guess as to why.)
I just sneezed milk back into my bowl of Cheerios.
Don't. Make. Me. Laugh.
In the world we live in at this moment, who in their right mind believes that deregulating one of the largest industries in this country is a WISE idea? We are still dealing with the disaster that came as a result of banking deregulation, and yet you have political nincompoops carrying a torch for yet another profit-driven industry? For a moment, let's entertain this fantasy where we "deregulate" health care in the hopes of reaching medical Shangri-La. What do you propose we do when major health care providers mismanage their businesses to the point of bringing health care to the edge of oblivion? A bail-out perhaps?
EDIT: And who the eff is this Bucket Brigade?