[rocklobster11]

My understanding is that they are going to allow insurance companies to charge a fee for those with a lapse in coverage. That’s the only way to keep people from waiting until they get sick to buy insurance.

This plan isn’t the greatest, but it is a step in the right direction given that there will never be enough conservative republicans in office to undo everything Obamacare did.

[nickcarraway]

What you are describing is the mandate that so many here complained about. Except Obama was just bluffing, the mandate had no teeth. Now, the "Republican" version has a terrible penalty. In my book, that makes this farther to the left and far more evil than the original version.

I love how they will say of illegal immigrants, "no one should be illegal." But when it comes to hard-working, law-abiding U.S. citizens, the YOU/Obama/Trump/Ryan are eager to call them illegal. We are just the property of the government. To me, anyone who voted for/supports this bill is nothing other than a socialist. It allows the government to force people to do something that isn't in their interest and pay a large portion of their income for "insurance-in-name-only."

[nickcarraway]

You want the government to be able to force me to pay 43% of an income for a $7k deductible. So, I will have to pay for ALL my healthcare out of my pocket, with 43% of my income confiscated, for which I will get nothing in return? I don't know what you consider yourself, but trust me, it's not a conservative. That's pure socialism. And you consider U.S. citizens lower than illegals.

Yet, people consider this version better because it has better bribes for the states. No one actually cares about it's victims.