What happens if you DON'T want to buy private insurance? (healthcare, Obama)
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Duh ah. Now you're getting it. From what I hear, the fine will cost less than the health insurance, so as soon as you get sick you can just jump onto the nearest healthcare policy until you're cured, then get back off until the next time you're sick.
Duh ah. Now you're getting it. From what I hear, the fine will cost less than the health insurance, so as soon as you get sick you can just jump onto the nearest healthcare policy until you're cured, then get back off until the next time you're sick.
The fine is supposed to be capped at $2500. Now, I HAVE insurance and I don't plan on changing to the government insurance...but I predict many healthy people opting to pay the fine in an emergency and then heading to the hospital, paying the fine, and receiving care. Part of the cost estimates have been done under the assumption that if you have 100,000 healthy people sign up for insurance and rarely use it, it will offset the cost of insuring someone with a condition that will need to see a doctor more often. The problem with this theory is that when they throw around statements like "43 million uninsured people" that number does not take into account that there are plenty in that number who CAN afford health insurance but don't want it. I know some of those people and they would rather pay a fine than pay a monthly amount for insurance they won't use. Also, a few of those people are willing to take a chance in getting caught. Supposedly the IRS is going to enforce the rules but as most of us know with the IRS, plenty of people get away without paying taxes every year and are rarely caught. For those willing to gamble, it's probably a good bet they won't get caught either until they get sick and then $2500 seems like a bargain.
Dick Armeys head must be exploding. The one thing the Insurnce Companies do want is the Individual Mandate. If it gets struck down they are screwed. Between that and the upcoming vote in the Senate that will require Republicans to support the Cornhusker and Louisiana deals to vote No on the Bill, it's going to be fun
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