I do not currently have insurance , been 20 years without, and will not be buying any. I will also not pay the tax penalty against my religious views, will select jail instead.
Not in states like Texas which declined to extend Medicaid. The working poor really got a raw deal there.Who can't afford it? With the subsidies you have to be literally broke. Healthcare should be a priority.
I am self employed 'farmer' , will pay all the other taxes as required under law.Good news, they won't jail you. They only withhold the amount from your tax returns. You should claim as many exemptions as you can to avoid losing as much as possible.
No health insurance is extremely risky, you are rolling dice that are stacked against you and getting worse every year.
Who can't afford it? With the subsidies you have to be literally broke. Healthcare should be a priority.
Why should they not be able to cherry pick. You are sicker you cost more it is SIMPLE. It should and did work like any other BUSINESS.
I would have no problem with it if that was the ONLY thing it covered not birth control not preventive care NOTHING but emergency treatment just like they do now but people would be covered with insurance HOWEVER preventive care and everything else no just to enough to get the person stable that is what conservatives were going to do not cover everything or emergency care and MAYBE a LITTLE bit of preventive care not lab work birth control ECT Plus if the ONLY time you had to cover someone was pretty much when they are out cold and literally CANNOT refuse and no other time it would be cheaper.
I do not currently have insurance , been 20 years without, and will not be buying any. I will also not pay the tax penalty against my religious views, will select jail instead.
They will get their money. No difference then not paying any other tax. They will use all the power of the IRS. Garnish wages, lock bank accounts, seize property. Unless you are in one of the legally religious exempted groups, there is no option but to pay.I do not currently have insurance , been 20 years without, and will not be buying any. I will also not pay the tax penalty against my religious views, will select jail instead.
And still must pay the penalty, even though they can't afford the insurance. Obamacare projected website said I would pay $200 more a month, with $250 higher deductable, after my subsidy. Great insurance.Because there are many people who still cannot afford it.
All taxes are required by law. As I said above, the IRS will get their money.I am self employed 'farmer' , will pay all the other taxes as required under law.
I am self employed 'farmer' , will pay all the other taxes as required under law.
Obamacare, the wealth redistrobution law. Anyone that gets healthcare cheaper looks at those that complain about it costing more as being the rich.
Obamacare; providing insurance at a greater cost overall then the original system ever did. Showing once again, when the goverment gets involved, it will cost more in the end. (looking at the original cost to the payers(employer and employee) compared to the unsubsidized cost to the buyer.)
You cannot mandate preventive care. It is CRAZY to FORCE people to go to the doctor.Preventative care is cheaper than ER care and, when used effectively, drastically reduces the potential need for ER visits.
For those interested in bringing down the cost of health care, y'know the whole fiscal responsibility thing, then encouraging preventative care (if not outright mandating it) is the way to go.
-- A2SG, don't take my word for it, ask any doctor....
First of all, the government doesn't set your insurance premiums, your insurance company does. If you have a problem with that, take it up with your insurance company.
The insurance industry doesn't like Obamacare, because it regulates them into doing things they don't want to do, like keeping people covered whose health care costs exceed their profit margin and denying people coverage for any "pre-existing condition" they can make up. Of course, to offset these additional expenses, Obamacare mandates everyone get insurance, which increases the number of people insurers have to insure...but to that, insurance companies say....Hey, Death panels!
Thing is, insurance rakes in billions of dollars a year in profits...and Obamacare threatens to cut into that. So they're raising your rates, and blaming Obama for it.
And people all over are falling for it.
Don't.
-- A2SG, the tea party has become to the insurance industry what the NRA is to gun manufacturers: a heat shield....
You cannot mandate preventive care. It is CRAZY to FORCE people to go to the doctor.
Firstly, insurance loves Obamacare, everyone must buy or pay fine-taxes, no matter what the cost. Later they know Obama will sap them with all kinds of increased coverage with no increase or little premium increase to cover the new benefits.
They should probably be thanking Obama. At least they are still around raking in the billions. If Obama stayed true to his supposedly liberal principles and supported a single payer system they would be in trouble. Instead he offered us a Republican band aid plan that keeps the private system going for a few more decades. I think the insurance companies knew people were getting upset at the fact that America is lagging behind the rest of the first world in universal health coverage so they had to accept a few minor pains to keep the private system afloat a while longer. Either that or Americans might demand actual single payer. Now that so much battle and political capital has been spent over this no one will touch healthcare again for a long time.The insurance industry doesn't like Obamacare, because it regulates them into doing things they don't want to do
They should probably be thanking Obama. At least they are still around raking in the billions. If Obama stayed true to his supposedly liberal principles and supported a single payer system they would be in trouble. Instead he offered us a Republican band aid plan that keeps the private system going for a few more decades. I think the insurance companies knew people were getting upset at the fact that America is lagging behind the rest of the first world in universal health coverage so they had to accept a few minor pains to keep the private system afloat a while longer. Either that or Americans might demand actual single payer. Now that so much battle and political capital has been spent over this no one will touch healthcare again for a long time.
You cannot mandate preventive care. It is CRAZY to FORCE people to go to the doctor.
Firstly, insurance loves Obamacare, everyone must buy or pay fine-taxes, no matter what the cost. Later they know Obama will sap them with all kinds of increased coverage with no increase or little premium increase to cover the new benefits.
The government mandates the coverage that affects the cost. You can't cover more then ever before, and expect premiums to go down. Also the insurance companies aren't covering the exempted people free, they are passing the cost over everyone, again increases, not cost savings.
If premiums go down, then its probably because of the subsidies.
ie Government steps in to protect the poor from high cost of insurance and raises the cost to everyone and pays the difference to those low earners.
Insurance will be profitable until Obama takes the profit out of insurance, as Obamacare was meant to do. Then they will stop offering conventional coverage and will become Cadillac care only. Leaving the general public without options, and the liberals will ride in on their demon horse and layout single payer, government run healthcare.
Power to the government,
Hail Obama! Hail Obama!
They won't even bat an eye at the cost of this change, because they're helping the people, protecting them from the evil insurance companies with the safety of the federal government. You know the ones that bankrupted SSI, Medicaid, most goverment retirement benefits, etc.
I'm sure they'll get it right eventually.
600million to a firm that failed to ensure a workable website system isn't a sign of failures to come, no...no way.
Trust the government, sip your kool-aid, government is good, trust them, they will help you.
Liberal ideals=Equal misery not equal prosperity.