If rats really wanted people to be required to get insurance, why have the fine be a fraction of what the actual premium costs? why not have it be the same amount?
Rush was talking about this. The fine is cheap for the first few years, but then it becomes more than getting the insurance. But, with folks paying the fine rather than getting insurance, many insurance companies will go broke and out of business. But that is okay. In a few years the government can step in and offer insurance to replace the failed private companies.
Although I think the plan would be for the government to step in with socialized medicine, because, obviously, insurance doesn’t work. (Remember, it has NEVER been about insurance - it is about Government Healthcare.)