Why do the poor and uninsured refuse to sign up for Obamacare?

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205. There is no free lunch

All the general tax revenues are already spent and more is borrowed every year.

So, if we are going to increase expenditures, other things need to be cut or more money needs to be raised. I have no problem with raising taxes and am good with certain cuts (in particular defense). The question with taxes is always where do you raise them?

Now if the notion is to raise taxes on the well off to fund healthcare for the poor, I have no problem with that. It would be roughly the same as increasing the subsidy, so the poor would pay nothing under ACA. I would have no problem with that either.

The real question is that somewhere along the income scale the taxes collected must start to substantially exceed the average cost of healthcare delivered or you don't have money to fully subsidize the poor. Where does that point fall?

At some point far further down the income scale, taxes kick in and start collecting some portion of the healthcare cost back. Where does that point fall?

It is the same as police, fire service, and the public schools, I do qualify as a consequence of being human, but I also pay taxes to fund them, and in my case moved to a better neighborhood so I could pay more taxes and get better services.

Healthcare does not grow on trees, taxes or premiums will need to be paid to fund it. Who pays, and where does the free ride start?