[wildbill]

Exactly. This ISN”T where the claims will be, but this is the pool from which most of the new money in the health system will come from.

Actually, from an insurance underwriting point of view, the addition of millions of new policyholders forced by taxes to participate in the health care system will help pay for the older policyholders who use the system more. It will spread the dollars in the premium pool over everyone, whether they use the system or not.

Look to see your local charity hospitals paid for by taxes change their billing since the poor, the young and the illegal immigrants who use the charity hospitals run by government will no longer get their services for free.

In theory, all property or income taxes that now support these charity hospitals will become unnecessary since everyone will have insurance. However, once a tax is laid, it seldom goes away as bureaucrats can always find a use for the money rather than let it go back to the taxpayer.

[tapatio]

With a decline in the ratio of people paying into social security and those collecting, wouldn’t this pose the same problems?

[zeugma]

Look to see your local charity hospitals paid for by taxes change their billing since the poor, the young and the illegal immigrants who use the charity hospitals run by government will no longer get their services for free.

Illegals will still get a free ride, because they are specifically exempted in the legislation. Yet another benefit for those who employ illegals.