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Sep 13, 2009 19:41

I support Healthcare reform and the public option to help reign in prices. But I am a little concerned about requiring people to purchase insurance and fining them if they don't. I think if a person chooses to not carry health insurance it is their right. They should have to deal with and pay full prices for services and prescriptions as a result. ( Read more... )

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lucasmo September 15 2009, 02:01:24 UTC

From what I've heard, and what I know about healthcare in MA...

The "fine" is really a tax penalty, and even that sounds harsher than what it really is. You get less of a break in taxes (a lower 'exemption'), and it varies based on your income. Its existence is necessary, at least in MA, to ensure that costs remain low for people who do participate in the program.

hoipolloifn September 15 2009, 02:07:13 UTC

That sounds way better than what I have heard. Tax penalty is fine, but I heard something about 3800 dollar fines (the Max of course for rich people, but still).

I would be much more open to a tax penalty. Thanks for the clarification dude. : )

lucasmo September 15 2009, 02:11:26 UTC

Sure! I have to admit I haven't kept up on all the stuff regarding what they're proposing federally, as it's constantly changing and there's so much misinformation. But I think the Massachusetts system isn't really the way to go, either.

(PS: Glenn Beck IS the devil. Someone needs to tape his eyelids open and force him to watch himself on repeat for several weeks)

hoipolloifn September 15 2009, 02:20:11 UTC

Hahahaha... and lets not forget Rush Limbaugh! That man is the god damn devil too! Everyone thinks the devil is one entity. It is really just a whole lot of crazy freaking assholes making up one evil body that doesn't ever seem to die and tries to fool as many people as it can before revealing what it really is.

velvetechos September 15 2009, 03:12:57 UTC

I have trouble seeing how it could be considered something fineable to not carry insurance in the future, when currently uninsured people have been accessing hospitals, etc, for care, not paying those bills, and jacking up insurance prices because of it. Currently is when it's something that is affecting everyone, and it would be affecting people less in the future, if more people become insured...

hoipolloifn September 15 2009, 03:17:13 UTC

Yeah I can't wrap my head around it. I see what they want to do, but there HAS to be a better way to do it.