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I'm not informed enough to comment on most of this, but can someone explain that last line to me? Aemon Send a noteboard - 08/06/2011 11:25:49 PM
...persons who show up at a hospital seeking treatment could be required to buy insurance on the spot.


I don't understand how this makes sense. If someone shows up at a hospital with no insurance, they're required to pay for their care, are they not? Obviously a lot of them are unable to do so, but calling the fee "insurance" instead of "hospital bill" won't change that fact. If it's simply a matter of a dollar amount (maybe they can afford insurance payments, but not the entirety of their bill), why not just have hospitals work out payments of whatever the person can afford? And don't they already do that?

Anyway, I guess I just don't follow this from an economic sense. If insurance payments are $100 per month, and a hospital bill is $1000, how is forcing someone to enroll in a $100 per month insurance program any different than forcing them to pay $100 per month towards their hospital bill?


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ObamaCare's Legal Death Spiral Continues.....great news for America! trzaska2000 - 08/06/2011 10:04:24 PM 855 Views
I'm not informed enough to comment on most of this, but can someone explain that last line to me? Aemon - 08/06/2011 11:25:49 PM 524 Views
just a guess but random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:40:44 PM 388 Views
Yeah, and I guess that's what I was missing (see my response to Tom). Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:13:00 AM 372 Views
keep in mind it is a legal argument random thoughts - 09/06/2011 01:50:05 PM 347 Views
A lot of the debate from the centered around how many of those people there are. Joel - 10/06/2011 01:15:19 AM 369 Views
It's incredibly different. Tom - 09/06/2011 03:03:07 AM 398 Views
Well. . .sort of. Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:00:30 AM 514 Views
"...the government mandate to have health insurance was unlike any law in American history"... Joel - 09/06/2011 05:24:56 AM 373 Views
wait.... scalius - 09/06/2011 04:34:13 PM 421 Views
+1 - apples and oranges here..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 05:38:40 PM 142 Views
Guess what the "I" in FICA is; the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program is insurance Joel - 10/06/2011 12:34:04 AM 504 Views
Re: wait.... moondog - 10/06/2011 02:36:33 AM 357 Views
if you want to opt out just work for a local government random thoughts - 09/06/2011 06:01:06 PM 355 Views
Local government employees don't pay FICA? Where? Joel - 10/06/2011 12:03:49 AM 361 Views
a few high profile cases does not equal "most" in any sense of the word *NM* moondog - 10/06/2011 02:38:26 AM 154 Views
Actually, there's an even more relevant example. Dreaded Anomaly - 09/06/2011 08:01:18 PM 481 Views
That's the best link I've ever seen posted anywhere on the internet. *NM* Macharius - 09/06/2011 08:26:02 PM 146 Views
That's a very flawed example Isaac - 09/06/2011 09:06:24 PM 366 Views
Excellent response.....you hit the nail on the head..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 09:12:06 PM 160 Views
Did you read the Act itself? Macharius - 10/06/2011 04:04:39 PM 334 Views
Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Isaac - 10/06/2011 06:11:27 PM 335 Views
Re: Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Macharius - 10/06/2011 06:54:29 PM 342 Views
It might help if you clarified what your point is Isaac - 10/06/2011 08:05:30 PM 336 Views
besides it was still just a condition for a specific job not a blanket requirement for breathing random thoughts - 10/06/2011 08:36:07 PM 348 Views
Yes, that would have seemed the core point I thought Isaac - 10/06/2011 09:13:42 PM 336 Views
In other words, this is as "unprecedented" as filibustering Bush judicial nominees (i.e. it's not). Joel - 10/06/2011 12:55:17 AM 332 Views
Oh well. Living in a shit hole country is something I love and a chance to change that is BS. callandor1000 - 12/06/2011 05:21:25 PM 341 Views
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