Am I obligated to get Health Insurance now?

is it like Car Insurance,do you have to have it? What if I can't afford the plans out there, what is going to happen?
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yes. that is the law if this thing sticks. depending on which bill is ultimately passed you will be fined either about 700 or 2100 a year. it is not clear what happens if you cannot pay that, but it is being collected by the IRS if that is any clue. generally if you cross the IRS you end up in prison. i am in the same boat. i work 7 days a week but dont make much money. there are tax credits promiced for lower oncome people, but thats no good for me. bush already eliminated income taxes for poeple in my bracket. i have a neck injury and go to the local free clinic for the uninsured, but now it will close. there is a doctor in a nearby town that only charges 35 per visit that i sometimes go to . but now, going to the doctor and just paying him is against the law. i dont know what people like us are supposed to do short of going on the public dole and becoming democrats (something i have resisted all of my life). i think the plan all along was to force people into government dependency.
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