Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Is there really a "mandate" to buy health insurance in the bill?

If you don't buy insurance, you will just be charged a tax penalty. It is perfectly legal to not have insurance and to pay the penalty if you choose to do so. So why is the media calling it a "mandate"? Wouldn't "incentive" be a better word?
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Because if you don't pay the excise tax, you're jailed. It's not like our jails aren't overcrowded, or anything, and I object to jailing people for refusing to buy a product or pay the ridiculous penalty fee, when in ideology, there should BE no penalty fee for having the right to decline.
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