<p> <a href="http://highclearing.com/">Jim Henley</a> has <a href="http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2009/09/07/9869">a post</a> that points to and condenses a couple of other posts that I think do a great job articulating the fundamental difference between health insurance and other types of insurance.</p> <p> I think that understanding that health insurance is a fundamentally different beast from, say, your car insurance is an important part of being able to have a rational conversation about what an appropriate place for the government might (or might not) be.</p>