I know someone who works for H+R Block and she told me lots of her clients plan on dropping coverage and just paying the (small) fine, and that’s here in Maryland.
Its not political its practical unless you work for the government or a contractor for them like Booze Allen eic.
I thought you had no choice but to purchase health insurance. If you did not then you get the penality (tax). So why the push to encourage people to sign up, let the law run its course.
lets see... do I continue to pay $12,000 a year in family premiums, or $3,000 ‘fine’(tax)
hmmmm....
They wanted free health care because they thought it would be free as in speech.
They never intended to actually pay for it, and they aren't going to start now.
I am predicting right now, on June 28, 2013...if this effort looks to be going south, Obama is going to forgive their student loans in a last-ditch effort to put enough cash in their pockets to buy health policies.
This whole thing is going to fall flat on it’s face. The next line that will come out of the pols in Washington will be “we just need to let the government handle it.”
It remains to be seen whether people will buy that line, but I think that that is the medium-term plan.
Why not. Through the unprecedented and catastrophic deficit he's making them pay for everything else.
The goal is to overwhelm the system, cause it to collapse, murder hundreds of millions in the name of keeping order, then live in a Walden paradise free of unnecessary peasants and their property rights.
One gigantic redistribution of wealth. Nothing more, nothing less.
I recently talked to a former student, 24, she graduated from American University in DC a year ago. Has a degree in International Relations, and over a hundred thousand in debt. Voted for Obama twice. Has two part time jobs, lives with her parents.
She looks like she just got hit by a truck. “Is this how you thought it would be”...I asked...”no” she said...”I thought Obama would create jobs for everybody like me”.
Live and learn.
Even if the millenials get the 0-care exchange insurance, they will still need to find a doctor and pay co-pays and deductibles for care. For occasional routine care, self pay would probably be cheaper. Furthermore, in the event of catastrophic occurrence, most young people would be better off declaring bankruptcy, if needed, and going on Medicaid. After all, these people are normally underwater or with few asserts at this stage.
The best thing conservatives could do now is to educate millenials on the personal financial consequences of 0-care. Even the commited Lefties and low info voters will get this. The 0-care supporters are counting on branding to sell this crap. That might work with a tangible product, but it will be hard for them to convince cash strapped young people to part with their money for a concept.
Plus with the recent scandal of the NSA bugging into their tech also does not bode well for Obama, but yes, the economy is going to be a HUGH factor.