House Passes Health Care Bill

Queue wrote:

So now, like car insurance, we will be "REQUIRED" to pay "big corporate" for health insurance, or be "fined" by "big brother"????????
Lovely!!!!!!!!!!
Too bad I'm not an insurer. The dems OBVIOUSLY love the big moneyed corporations..........

fired up and ready togo wrote:

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"Section 501 of the bill provides that an individual must be "covered by acceptable coverage at all times." "Acceptable coverage" includes "qualified health benefits plan coverage," "grandfathered health insurance coverage," "Medicare," "Medicaid," coverage provided to members of the armed forces and their dependants, "coverage under the veteran's health care program," people who receive health care "through the Indian Health Service," or other coverage deemed acceptable by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. If a person does not have acceptable health care coverage, Section 501 imposes a tax on that person "not to exceed the applicable national average premium":
"Hardship cases" are exempted from the tax. From Section 501(f):
We all need health ins. Nothing wrong with that.

DJ A wrote:

It seems better to require all to buy coverage than to continue to have those who choose to buy insurance footing emergency room bills for those who can't/don't pay. I think this beats letting emergency rooms reject those who don't have insurance. The tax for failure to carry healthcare coverage would be the premium for access to emergency treatment.

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Queue wrote:

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Yes, there IS something wrong with THAT! Will they be telling how to brush my teeth and comb my hair next? Will that be mandatory too? Will I need to purchase ONLY government approved tooth brushes and combs? And which toothbrush and comb manufacturers get the government seal of approval? The ones that have the "politician-du-jour" in their PAC pockets?
There is soooooooooooo much WRONG with this, it's hard to find a place to start, let alone finish..........