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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: RMF who wrote (521004)11/9/2012 6:53:57 AM
From: Brumar892 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 793670
 
requiring EVERYBODY to have health insurance is a good thing ... A homeless guy on the street can go to an emergency room and get heart surgery and I have to pay for it?

The homeless guy on the street isn't going to get himself a health insurance policy because he's "required" to. So no change there. Under Obamacare fewer people will have health insurance. Some reasons are:

Some employers will decide to go with part timers with no benefits vs full timers with them.

The layoffs to come - those folks won't have health insurance anymore.

Since there will in time be no "discrimination" against people with pre-existing conditions some who carry health insurance now will decide they're saps for doing it. They'll decide it makes more sense to pay the tax and wait till they get a serious health condition and THEN walk in and sign up for a health insurance policy.
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