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Originally posted by @vivifyInsurance works when the likelihood of you using it is small and someone offers you coverage for things you want at a price that you agree to pay.
What do you think makes the ACA work? In fact, do you know how ANY insurance works?
Why do you think insurance companies can afford to pay thousands in medical costs to someone who only pays a few hundred per month for medical? Magic?
No, it's because OTHER PEOPLE are paying for it, much like how a bank uses your money to give people loans.
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Not to worry though, the rich will save them because they love the poor more than profits.
Forcing people to buy coverage they don't want isn't called working. It is called forced servitude.
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Originally posted by @eladarWhat you just described is how profits are made from providing insurance. The point of the ACA is NOT profit, but to provide affordable medical coverage.
Insurance works when the likelihood of you using it is small and someone offers you coverage for things you want at a price that you agree to pay.
Forcing people to buy coverage they don't want isn't called working. It is called forced servitude.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/15/news/economy/gop-tax-plan-details/index.html
You realize that the tax break the rich are getting is being paid for at the expense of the poor, right? That deductions from the IRS will double and personal exemptions will be eliminated, right?
So why is it okay to force the poor to give rich people tax breaks, but not require them to help pay for the health insurance of others?
Originally posted by @vivify"but not require them to help pay for the health insurance of others"
What you just described is how profits are made from providing insurance. The point of the ACA is NOT profit, but to provide affordable medical coverage.
[b]Forcing people to buy coverage they don't want isn't called working. It is called forced servitude.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/15/news/economy/gop-tax-plan-details/index.html
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So just steal someones money?
Originally posted by @mott-the-hoopleThat's like saying paying taxes is stealing money. The mandate is used to pay for heath insurance, just like Medicaid is paid for with taxes.
"but not require them to help pay for the health insurance of others"
So just steal someones money?
Originally posted by @vivifyare you fined if you don't pay Medicaid taxes?
That's like saying paying taxes is stealing money. The mandate is used to pay for heath insurance, just like Medicaid is paid for with taxes.
Originally posted by @eladarI really wish I could pay more for inferior quality health care coverage so I could have the extremely appealing option of going without health care coverage.
Insurance works when the likelihood of you using it is small and someone offers you coverage for things you want at a price that you agree to pay.
Forcing people to buy coverage they don't want isn't called working. It is called forced servitude.
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraHow about paying for coverage that you will never use and coverage you don't wish to buy?
I really wish I could pay more for inferior quality health care coverage so I could have the extremely appealing option of going without health care coverage.
Originally posted by @mott-the-hooplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service
OK, give me an example... who has been fined?
Originally posted by @eladarI would rather not need my health care coverage than use it.
How about paying for coverage that you will never use and coverage you don't wish to buy?
Originally posted by @mott-the-hoopleNo, obviously, because Medicaid is automatically deducted.
are you fined if you don't pay Medicaid taxes?
Originally posted by @vivifywell it was you that compared Medicaid to the individual mandate. Just showing you the difference.
No, obviously, because Medicaid is automatically deducted.