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girl gone mad

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3. Hospitals are already heavily subsidized to cover the costs of uncompensated care..

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 09:14 PM

Apr 2012

a significant portion of which is provided to patients with insurance.

The ACA shifts some of those costs onto young working people who will end up paying much more for health insurance over the course of their lives than they receive in health services. Yes, in that sense, it is a real and regressive tax which primarily impacts young middle class workers and primarily benefits private insurance companies. Is this fair? I happen to think not.

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individual mandate=tax on those most likely to use healthcare that wont be paid for. [View all] mopinko Apr 2012 OP

Isn't it that they want young people to pay in to the system? dkf Apr 2012 #1

i think they want everybody in and nobody out, just like mopinko Apr 2012 #6

Fast food, processed food, and our addiction to subsidized corn and sugar are killing us. dkf Apr 2012 #7

well, iirc mopinko Apr 2012 #10

Not if we can help it. We will medicate our fat obese diseased bodies dkf Apr 2012 #11

K&R JoeyT Apr 2012 #2

yeah, it'll be interesting. mopinko Apr 2012 #5

Hospitals are already heavily subsidized to cover the costs of uncompensated care.. girl gone mad Apr 2012 #3

yeah, obviously someone has to pay it, tho mopinko Apr 2012 #4

If a tax was the intent then why was the language changed to a penalty? TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #8

then why was the reporting made a part of the tax return, and mopinko Apr 2012 #9

The IRS is being used as a collection agency/heavies TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #12

I want this bill as law, but I will not stop fighting to improve to bill Johonny Apr 2012 #13