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Posted on 08/10/2010 2:25:52 PM PDT by GQuagmire
Michael Merlina was fed up, frustrated and seemingly out of options when he walked into Middlesex Superior Court last week and plunked down $275 for court fees.
With help from a few clerks, Merlina became his own lawyer and filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority.
The 29-year-old North Reading glazier is fighting the $2,000 state fine for not having health insurance. In 2009, the first year penalties were in place, Merlina paid a $400 fine for him his wife
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Couldn’t have happened in a better place! ;-)
A few, encouraging signs of revolt.
I’d go to jail first. it’ll cost them more than me.
Lottsa' luck getting blood out of a turnip.
These are Second Amendment Moments should anyone really need to know what that was about.
Just about everyone I have ever met who didn't have health insurance was in that situation because they couldn't afford it. Requiring them to buy something they can't afford in the first place or pay a penalty is really just a way for the government to collect the penalties as a form of taxation. That's why the new federal health reform act predicts revenue of over 20 billion dollars a year from "penalties".
Off to pauper’s prision with you!
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