BOSTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Massachusetts is considering requiring everyone who is able to afford it to buy private health insurance, but some young adults don't want to pay.
The legislative proposals would be aimed mostly at the 200,000 young, single adults who are healthy and without coverage.
Proposals by Gov. Mitt Romney and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi would allow insurers would to create plans that would cost about $200 a month -- with subsidies for people making under $28,710 a year, the Boston Globe reported Sunday.
Many young adults do not think the they should be forced to pay for health insurance they do not need.
"If I had a wife or a kid, I would definitely get health insurance," said Christopher Raymond, a 29-year-old bartender who says he make between $600 and $800 a week. "But when you're single you don't really care. You feel like you can get away with it."
Lawmakers say that while most young adults are healthy, if they need treatment they go to an emergency room -- the most costly option subsidized by the taxpayer.
