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Defender, it is my understanding from watching both CNN AND Foxnews that this whole mess won't take effect immediately. Yeah, yeah, I know CNN is far to the left. I like to know what the other side of the coin looks like.
There have been comments from Fox especially that there will be legal action taken to prevent some of the most onerous stuff from being enacted. There is no provision in the constitution to force people to aquire something they have no extra money to pay for. Saying, "we will give you a tax refund" is great. But people have to have the $$ up front.
How will the government 'enroll' people. One comment had them using the tax rolls. So how will they find people 'off the grid'? Say, like me, my trust income is not taxable. I don't file taxes so...... It will create, like real ID would have, a whole sector of 2nd tier citizens who won't get medical care period because they could not afford insurance, therefore, to avoid getting fined they simply will find docs willing to treat them for cash,"under the table"? or do without period?
One point those Senators forget is that docs are not compelled to take insurance.
The dermatologist I go to, will not take medicare, medicaid,and some insurance company's because of thier record of payment or the hassle of dealing with them.
Medicare and medicaid typically are 6 mos behind in getting payments to the payees.
There is, already, a grassroots movement to dump Bill Nelson in Florida. I was contacted yesterday by a friend who knows how I feel about this whole issue.
At the moment if Betty Boop were to run against him, I would vote for her. He doesn't listen to his constituents.
I know we have a self balancing system. Time has proven that to be viable. But at the moment I am so disgusted with all those polecats that I makes me ashamed to have the world looking at that debacle going on in DC.
AM
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