(08-10-2017, 06:27 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-09-2017, 04:59 PM)The Drifter Wrote: 6.5 Million Americans chose to pay fine then get Obamacare

The individual healthcare mandate requires every American to buy health insurance or pay a fine. In 2016, 6.5 million Americans chose to pay the fine rather than sign up for insurance on the Obamacare exchanges


https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen'...of_the_Day

That's the problem with the whole idea.  If you're going to tell insurance companies they have to take everyone, regardless of pre-existing conditions, then you have to force everyone to buy health insurance.   Otherwise, only sick people buy health insurance, and the system collapses.   The problem is, apparently we were unsuccessful in forcing young healthy people to buy health insurance.  

So, we either have to raise the penalty to the point where people won't opt out, or, roll back the whole system to a free market system, which leaves a lot of people who need insurance un-insured, or, tax everyone to pay for everyone to have health insurance. 

Now that I think about it, there is one other problem with the whole idea, and that is, Medicaid has become financially unsustainable.   But that's off-topic.