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Originally Posted by DateDoc
Imposing fines for people who do not have health insurance has more opposition than govt run healthcare. I know plenty of people that want govt healthcare but say that ppl should not be fined if they have no insurance. Plus how are you going to fine someone that is an illegal immigrant?
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I am opposed to fining people as well. I am just going off of some of the stuff I have read. I guess you couldn't fine illegals, but in theory the program won't cover illegals. The problem then, of course, is that these illegals will still go to the ER when they get a cold and run up a $1000 bill that they don't pay and we still pick up the tab.
Another thing I don't like is that they want to give tax credits to help poor people pay for the insurance. That isn't a bad idea, the problem is that these same poor people will have to figure out how to pay for the insurance until they get the tax credits and many people owe taxes of some form or another so those credits (which will come in the form of a refund) will just go to pay for the back owed taxes. If they fine people for not having insurance the poor people could end up really fucked, unable to pay for the insurance because of taxes owed and getting fined for not be able to afford it.