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Originally Posted by Bladewire
No different than having to get car insurance.
He forced insurers to insure people who wanted insurance, but the insurers previously rejected out of greed.
Healthcare is a necessity for healthy living and should be built into society like water & electricity. Health insurance companies have become a greedy middleman.
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The Affordable Care Act is quite a bit different than auto insurance. Really, the ACA is a pretty shit law without the public option (at bare minimum) or, ideally, full blown single payer.
But still, it's nothing like auto insurance. For example, in my state, the law says I just need proof of $50,000 of liquid assets - that can be an insurance card from a licensed company / agent or submission of a bank statement to the Department of Revenue for my state after which I'd get a notarized document from them that's the same as an insurance card in practice. You can also carry $50,000 cash in your vehicle / person as long as you're okay with risking a rural deputy claiming it's drug money & seizing it.