[Insurance companies made record profits last year.
They will not be pleased.]
Freedom loving patriotic American citizens will be highly pleased. I am so glad for the conservatives of America.
If you repeal the individual mandate, then how do you fix the free rider problem of individuals who choose not to carry insurance but still expect world class Medical Care when they are sick or injured?
I think we as a society have decided we are not going to withhold emergency medical care from someone regardless of their inability to pay. Furthermore, Reagan signed into law EMTALA which is an unfunded mandate on hospitals and doctors to provide emergency care regardless of ability to pay. How do we fix the problem of individuals being provided expensive Medical Care who have no way of paying for it since they choose not to purchase insurance until they become sick?