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  1. Magnaut

    MagnautGenius_badge said, 28 days ago

    thank nancy Leprosi

  2. scottfreitas

    scottfreitasGenius_badge said, 28 days ago

    If that nightmare of a “health care” bill ever passes, and SCOTUS doesn’t throw it out like they did the line-item veto, it will further cement the fact that SCOTUS can only be counted on to see Rome burning and reach for buckets of gasoline…

  3. petergrt

    petergrt said, 28 days ago

    What is really funny about this particular provision of the BLEEP BLEEP, is that the enforcement thereof is delegated to the IRS, as a part of tax return process.

    Considering the fact that over 40% of Americans pay no federal income tax, which also happen to include the very people that are supposed to be forced to sign up for the insurance, it has a virtual 0 chance of being enforced, even if the Supreme Court were to find it constitutional, which it mustn’t.

  4. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 28 days ago

    40% may pay no taxes, but they have to FILE to get their refund or earned income benefit, so IRS will get’m.

  5. Libertarian1

    Libertarian1 said, 27 days ago

    The number is 46%.

  6. charlie555

    charlie555 said, 27 days ago

    oldlegodad

    But couldn’t they simply take their deductions at time of hire so they will not pay taxes, so no need to file for refund?

    And aren’t citizens receiving earned income too poor to pay insurance premiums; that is, will be totally subsidized anyway?

  7. ANandy

    ANandy said, 27 days ago

    So what better can one expect from a Congress of idiots?

  8. comYics

    comYicsGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    If they threw everybody in jail all at the same time, they wouldnt have caviar and fine wine, they’d be screwed.

  9. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    wee little note on facts: Under pending legislation, no one would be thrown in jail for not having health insurance. If someone has the funds to purchase health insurance (on their own or through their employer), they may be assessed a fine. After notification, notification, notification, opportunity to purchase again, etc., if the person refuses to pay the fine or purchase insurance, they may be subject to a jail term, just as people are who refuse to pay taxes after being given several opportunities to do so.

    In the practical application of this provision, that’s a very big difference.

  10. MurphyHerself

    MurphyHerself said, 26 days ago

    Admit it, the idea still sucks.

  11. fennec
  12. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    fennec, thanks for the link. I hadn’t seen that piece. And I’ve thought about that very thing recently. It’s why I’m OK with a mix of private and public health plan options. (Though I would really like to see a resurgence of non-profit insurers as we once had.)

    BTW, the author of the WashPo article and her book was used as the basis for a very good documentary on Frontline, also called Money-Driven Medicine. Should be available at the pbs site if you didn’t get to watch it. I highly recommend the hour long documentary.

  13. comYics

    comYicsGenius_badge said, 26 days ago

    Tell that to state laws that only recently, within the past 10 years, have made it mandatory to have car insurance.

  14. comYics

    comYicsGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    fennec, I think I heard somewhere, that some 90% of Hospitals in America are owned/run/started by christian/catholics.

  15. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 25 days ago

    Don’t think it’s that large, comYics - I worked with the Catholic Health Association (the industry association) for years, and I do know that they have over a thousand member organizations, ranging from small elderly care facilities to multi-billion-dollar hospital systems. But it is a huge part of healthcare in this country, and has been picking up the slack on healthcare for the poor. It is widely known that, despite Rush’s assertion that anyone can go to an emergency room, that for-profit hospitals have been known to “dump” the poor on the Catholic and other nonprofit hospitals so it doesn’t damage their profit margin. One more reason why we need universal coverage…

  16. believecommonsense

    believecommonsenseGenius_badge said, 25 days ago

    motive, your info is correct. The 250-bed acute care hospital I worked for for seven years was purchased by Catholic Healthcare West. Their mission includes commitment to uncompensated care, unlike the for-profits. I was impressed by the organization.

  17. motivemagus

    motivemagus said, 25 days ago

    Some of the most impressive CEOs I have ever met (and I’ve met a few) are nuns. Good business people, good leaders, and principled, too.