Should I feel bad? (details inside)

The other day, while griping about insurance with a group of friends a very conservative minded friend mentioned that because he did not believe in socialized medicine and that is exactly what “Obamacare” was he was on Medi-Share, A Christian based health insurance alternative.

When it was pointed out to him that this was a form of socialism he became defensive and stated that it was not socialism because you were not forced to to be a member by the government. Another friend then pointed out that it most assuredly was as its purpose was to facilitate the distribution of goods or services through a collective to help all members by spreading the amassed wealth of the group around to cover the individual costs associated with illness or injury. He continued to insist that because the government was not involved it was not socialism.

He was obviously appalled at the thought and it must have caused him to give it a lot of subsequent thought and consideration because yesterday evening told us that after thinking about our discussion he has decided he is dropping out and buying insurance through a more standard health insurance program. We advised him not to do so if he was happy with it and felt it worked but he sounds adamant.

Should I feel bad that he has decided to make this change based purely on his misguided (in my opinion) feelings about socialism?