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In reply to the discussion: It time to put an end to the GOP talking point repeated here on DU again and again. [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)If no one buys insurance, then we all pay the tax / penalty.
Second, you can't force people to participate in an industry that they already participate in. And for all practical purposes, every one of us already participates in the health care industry.
The instant you are born in a hospital, you've just participated in the Health Care industry. Go see a doctor, you just participated. Even the purchase of over the counter drugs is "participation" in the health care industry. I suppose you could make the Christian Science position that you will pray away illness .... but even they face consequences when they allow a child to die by not treating a simple illness that ultimately kills that child ... if that's not force, what is?
And so again, you can not be forced to do something that you are already doing, and that is participating in the health care industry.