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Originally Posted by spacedog
The whole thing about this health care reform that pisses me off is the cost and that they MANDATE AND REQUIRE people to purchase these plans.. Why the fuck should I have to pay 12.5K per year to cover my family when the insurance I have now only costs me $1500 a year
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Realistically if you are only paying $1500 a year now, it will stay at or about that. The reason they are going to require insurance is the same reason you are required to have car insurance if you want to drive a car. If you have no insurance and something serious happens to you then the chances are you will have little or no way of paying for it. So you will get the care you need and the tax payers will pick up the bill. This forces you to get insurance so that you are covered. If you choose not to, they will fine you roughly the same amount as it would cost you to buy insurance.
What makes you think your premiums will jump from $1500 to 12.5K?