Here is a better one. You already pay a tax for healthcare just like you pay for uninsured motorists.
You carry uninsured motorists policy to protect you from being damaged by an uninsured motorist, but if you have a claim agains an uninsured motorists, it is charged against your insurance which raises your rate.
When and insured patines goes to the hospital the insurance is over billed to make up for the patient who doesn't have insurance, it has been an open policy that I know of for at least 60 years.
Example I had some stints put in at a Blue Cross provider Hospital, that means they have contracted with Blue Cross to accept whatever is reasonable and customary. Blue Cross was billed $106.000.00 for the procedure they paid $6,000.00 and I was responsible for none of the over charge.
There is the real problem chew on that.
The real problem is that O-Care forces me to fund abortion.
If Newt’s in favor of me paying for other people to have an abortion, all I can say is, “Say it ain’t so, Joe”. I won’t.
Toss me in jail if you want, but I will not fund it. Not now, not ever.
Yes, cost shifting to pay for people who are irresponsible is a problem. But a different problem from the Constitutionality of a federal individual mandate.