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Yeah, and I guess that's what I was missing (see my response to Tom). Aemon Send a noteboard - 09/06/2011 07:13:00 AM
For someone who can't or won't pay their bill, this won't do any good. For someone who can pay, though, and simply doesn't want to maintain insurance, this would be a way to force them in.

What I wasn't considering is that there ARE such people. And also that most hospital bills are small (...ish). When someone without insurance comes in and is forced to buy some, it's not always too late for the hospital to come out ahead. It's too late when someone comes in needing a 36 hour spinal surgery, but if you can get someone paying insurance for ten years in order to get a $500 finger splint, well, there you go.
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ObamaCare's Legal Death Spiral Continues.....great news for America! trzaska2000 - 08/06/2011 10:04:24 PM 1077 Views
I'm not informed enough to comment on most of this, but can someone explain that last line to me? Aemon - 08/06/2011 11:25:49 PM 685 Views
just a guess but random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:40:44 PM 577 Views
Yeah, and I guess that's what I was missing (see my response to Tom). Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:13:00 AM 565 Views
keep in mind it is a legal argument random thoughts - 09/06/2011 01:50:05 PM 547 Views
A lot of the debate from the centered around how many of those people there are. Joel - 10/06/2011 01:15:19 AM 573 Views
It's incredibly different. Tom - 09/06/2011 03:03:07 AM 588 Views
Well. . .sort of. Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:00:30 AM 723 Views
"...the government mandate to have health insurance was unlike any law in American history"... Joel - 09/06/2011 05:24:56 AM 564 Views
wait.... scalius - 09/06/2011 04:34:13 PM 612 Views
+1 - apples and oranges here..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 05:38:40 PM 216 Views
Guess what the "I" in FICA is; the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program is insurance Joel - 10/06/2011 12:34:04 AM 720 Views
Re: wait.... moondog - 10/06/2011 02:36:33 AM 543 Views
if you want to opt out just work for a local government random thoughts - 09/06/2011 06:01:06 PM 540 Views
Local government employees don't pay FICA? Where? Joel - 10/06/2011 12:03:49 AM 549 Views
a few high profile cases does not equal "most" in any sense of the word *NM* moondog - 10/06/2011 02:38:26 AM 228 Views
Actually, there's an even more relevant example. Dreaded Anomaly - 09/06/2011 08:01:18 PM 673 Views
That's the best link I've ever seen posted anywhere on the internet. *NM* Macharius - 09/06/2011 08:26:02 PM 225 Views
That's a very flawed example Isaac - 09/06/2011 09:06:24 PM 560 Views
Excellent response.....you hit the nail on the head..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 09:12:06 PM 239 Views
Did you read the Act itself? Macharius - 10/06/2011 04:04:39 PM 522 Views
Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Isaac - 10/06/2011 06:11:27 PM 529 Views
Re: Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Macharius - 10/06/2011 06:54:29 PM 529 Views
It might help if you clarified what your point is Isaac - 10/06/2011 08:05:30 PM 531 Views
besides it was still just a condition for a specific job not a blanket requirement for breathing random thoughts - 10/06/2011 08:36:07 PM 535 Views
Yes, that would have seemed the core point I thought Isaac - 10/06/2011 09:13:42 PM 563 Views
In other words, this is as "unprecedented" as filibustering Bush judicial nominees (i.e. it's not). Joel - 10/06/2011 12:55:17 AM 531 Views
Oh well. Living in a shit hole country is something I love and a chance to change that is BS. callandor1000 - 12/06/2011 05:21:25 PM 539 Views
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