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In reply to the discussion: why don't the anti-aca folks just form and join the church of i-don't-believe-in-health-insurance? [View all]girl gone mad
(20,634 posts)Uninsured "freeloaders" with money are almost always stuck with the bills and must pay up or declare bankruptcy, just like many of the 33% of "freeloaders" who are "freeloading" because their insurance claims were denied (a problem which will still exist and likely grow since denials are expected to rise).
"Freeloaders" who can't afford to purchase health insurance probably can't afford the fines, either. Our sovereign currency issuing government, however, can without question afford to provide payment for the basic health care costs of every man, woman and child in the USA.
A regressive fiscal policy which takes money away from the struggling middle class and working poor and hands it to the health insurance cartel (a racket if ever their was one) or simply destroys the money ("deficit reduction"
is one of the more idiotic approaches available.