My daughter has recently qualified for insurance with her employer. I wish I had had such a plan! It is a high deductible plan, I can't remember the deductible amount, and an additional sum each year. I believe $400, that can be used as need for health care. THE $400 ROLLS OVER, AT LEAST THE PART UNUSED, TO THE NEXT YEAR. In a short period of time the amount of the deductible is covered by this additional amount of money put in an account for her!
The administration will make this kind of consumer driven health care go the way of the Dodo if they are successful with their mandated and Government driven insurance.

Quote Originally Posted by steelish View Post
A draft that goes into effect for a specific condition of the country and isn't done for perpetuity is NOT the same as forcing a citizen to purchase something they don't want. Besides, not only do you pay a penalty, you also are no longer considered a legal citizen. So in that respect it is NOTHING like a tax. I already have health care that I purchased on my own. I like it. I want to keep it, however, there are many who do not have health care and don't want to spend their money on it. That is their choice. They earned the money, they get to choose how to spend it. If this bill passes, the government will regulate the health industry and drive costs beyond what any private insurance company can cover, given what most citizens can afford to pay in premiums. Then the government will step in as "savior" with a single payer system. Heh.

Personally, I cannot trust the government with what they feel will be an adequate healthcare system. They screw up too much for me to feel comfortable. Medicaid and Medicare already have panels restricting care...the Post Office is in shambles (I know, I work there), TARP is a joke, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac are basically holes that the government keeps pouring money into.

As to free choice...isn't that what Roe v Wade is all about? The choice to do as you wish with your own body? So now we're going to make a mockery of that with this bill?