“It forces rich freeloaders to carry their own weight.”
No, it causes people who don’t even need it to subsidize others. It also raises the overall cost of healthcare. It’s a redistribution of wealth, plain and simple.
You are confusing mandate to buy insurance for those who have enough income & assets to afford it with subsidies to buy insurance for those who can not afford it.
The mandate I am for is only for people who can afford it. The poor belong in Medicaid type of format. We can not have equal access to anything unless it is earned. That is communism.
I despise rich freeloaders as much as those who continue to exploit government welfare.