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Originally Posted by epitome
Most people making $60k a year have employer provided health insurance so they're fine. Lots of self-employed people had few to no insurance options in the past (especially if they had even the smallest thing wrong with them) so they are good to go now.
Will there be some people hurting? Yes? Will there be some people better off? Yes.
In the past hospitals could appeal to the states for aid to cover bills that remain unpaid. Guess how states paid for that? Taxes. Taxes that everyone had to pay.
At least now it will be the person refusing to get health insurance that will be paying the tax rather than all of the other taxpayers.
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How are the self employed good to go now? They have the same exact options as they did before. Or did Obama create more insurance companies? Actually they will have LESS options because they will have to buy a federally approved insurance plan. Before they could have paid for something less than what the feds say need to be covered.
The hospitals will still be going to the state to get money because not everyone will be insured. Those refusing health insurance will be paying the tax than when they get hurt go to the hospital not pay and the tax payer is stuck with the bill anyway.