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It seems odd that Politicians looked out at 47 Million Americans who don’t have health care and their solution was: we’ll make those lazy Part-time and Temp workers BUY insurance.
Hey this ain’t a professional blog and I am too lazy to make this clickable cut and paste in a browser.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/02/13/146701343/health-care-in-massachusetts-abject-failure-or-work-in-progress
If you read the article that after implementation the Average cost of Health insurance……
INCREASED by 17%
That article was hard to read and threw out so many numbers…
Roscoe, I know you’re opposed to the individual mandate, but here’s the thing. The mandate only applies to those who can AFFORD to buy it but choose not to, and the penalty for not doing so will MAX out at 1% of your income. So, if you’re at the median American income of $45K/yr, that penalty equals $450 per year.
Small potatoes.
You DON’T want health insurance? Fine. Your fine is negligible.
BUT, if you can theoretically afford to buy health insurance, but happen to be self-employed or work for a company that doesn’t offer it, the state exchanges will bring premiums WAY down. For example, recently, when my parents were in their early 60’s and ineligible for Medicare, and working as a consultant and self-employed artist respectively, their privately purchased health insurance was $1200 per month! Just like the guy in the article who was paying a similar amount for his family of 4, but saw his premiums drop $500/mo, so too will the mandate increase the pool of the insured such that premiums will drop for everyone in America.
C’mon, man. Seems to me that the AHA benefits guys like you more than anyone. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater just because the bathwater has the word “mandate” attached to it.
Who are the 47 Million without Health Insurance?
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/personalfinance/federal-subsidies-to-cobra-health-insurance-for-unemployed-end-today/1188887