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Originally Posted by GregWeld
Jody ---
My take on Obamacare is that it is the most egregious tax ever levied on the "have nots" in the history of the USA. The people of this great country just haven't been hit with it yet. It's a nice "theory" that everyone should have health coverage... but this is the wrong way to go about it. It'll just end up being another bloated entitlement... mismanaged and rife with fraud.
The funny thing is -- the people that can "afford" healthcare -- already have it. The people that CAN NOT afford healthcare will now be forced to buy/pay, or be fined. The "fine" amount that I've heard ($600) is smaller than the cost of Obamacare. So many will just be forced to choose to pay more or just pay the fine which is less. My guess is that we'll build a bureaucracy to hunt down all the zillions that have no way to pay ... not even the fine... and they'll still be the ones showing up at the ER and we will treat them just as before i.e., the best medical care money can buy.
California's hospital ER's are full of NON US citizens... what are we going to do with them?
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Greg,
I think it's the step they needed to take to get to single payer. They said they could not get there in one step, but if this law does what many think it will you'll have so much screaming from the middle class who's lost their coverage when their employer opts to drop it and pay the tax, or had to pay a bigger chunk of it from their employer that they can then push single payer through.