Nobody is being FORCED to buy health insurance..what the administration seems to not get about ACA [View all]

[Bill USA]

the Corporate Lobbyist Judges making up the Roberts Gang can't stop obsessing about the question: can the Government force someone to buy health insurance? Is it forcing people to buy something any rational person would buy if they could afford it?

'You Can Make People Buy Broccoli’: Scalia Goes After Health Care Law - http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/27/you-can-make-people-buy-broccoli-scalia-goes-after-health-care-law/

Even the administration doesn't seem to 'get it' about what the ACA really is.

Nobody's being FORCED to buy anything.

The ACA is the community, that is all of us interested in functioning as a community, (through the agency of the government) giving people the opportunity to obtain health insurance at an affordable price - which won't be denied you because of pre-existing conditions, or if you are unemployed between jobs, or if you start getting too sick, ....or if you can't afford it. Nobody is being forced to buy anything.

If a person doesn't want to get medical insurance you can pass on the deal. Of course if you pass, you will be expected to contribute to help support the community's efforts to compensate hospitals for providing care for those who don't have medical insurance and cannot pay for the care received (the Disproportionate Care Hospital program). I mean let's be realistic, if you aren't going to have medical insurance it's only a matter of time before you will need help paying for your medical care. Certainly the Roberts Gang can appreciate that this only the responsible thing to do - to help fund the program you apparently plan on depending upon to pay for your medical care. In fact, this is not all that different from the "Health Savings" plan some Republicans have suggested except that it is a group health savings plan. So what's to object to about that, Messers Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Kennedy et al?