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Not going to happen. You need to talk with a private insurer to get nationwide coverage. nt MADem Mar 2014 #1
Can't afford that. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #3
mind giving us some details ? if not I understand nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #5
short version: I am ALWAYS away from "home". nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #27
Wow....just wow....what keeps coming out.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #2
Shocking that Heritage Foundation plans might find opposition here? nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #4
Shocking that you think that is a good point of negotiation to get where you want this to go... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #7
Where want it to go is no mandates... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #20
sorry, your OP is flamebait during an election year steve2470 Mar 2014 #21
ditto! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #25
If you sign a contract to pay any of your future medical costs in cash or... Walk away Mar 2014 #77
I invite you to seriously think about your post... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #88
I doubt if you are a 23 year old mom with three jobs but just in case you are.... Walk away Mar 2014 #94
No, my problem is different, but my position on mandates has nothing to do with ME... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #98
Too bad you didn't bother to check your facts before you started... Walk away Mar 2014 #106
Actually no, if there is no mandate and pre-existing conditions have to be covered mythology Mar 2014 #130
The ACA went miles beyond the Heritage plan. phleshdef Mar 2014 #24
Heritage plan area51 Mar 2014 #103
It wasn't nearly as generous as the ACA on that front. phleshdef Mar 2014 #104
Are you also against the mandatory requirement for car insurance? notadmblnd Mar 2014 #6
Because you don't need car insurance if you don't fucking drive! BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #8
we all need healthcare.... steve2470 Mar 2014 #11
I replied to the above poster who tried to use the tired car insurance analogy BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #13
ok keep waiting...one day it's coming nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #14
Only if you believe trillions in subsidies weakens insurance companies. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #15
your argument is a libertarian one steve2470 Mar 2014 #16
Pls don't exaggerate . . . brush Mar 2014 #74
We all need healthcare, we don't all need health insurance. Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #33
It's sufficient for a large percentage of the MALE population age 20-40. WOMEN HAVE BABIES... Hekate Mar 2014 #62
Actually california where I'm from had insurance programs Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #64
Define "we" when you say it. As for me, I am concerned with the other 50 states too, not just Calif Hekate Mar 2014 #65
Which states did not have insurance for pregnant women? Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #67
It is not an insurance program - and note the income limit. Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #73
so young healthy people are better off paying cash for having a baby CreekDog Mar 2014 #118
Have you done the math for an individual who doesn't qualify for Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #140
"If they have a catastrophic event they can declare bankruptcy." lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #136
A vast majority of working people don't have the option to not drive. phleshdef Mar 2014 #19
I didn't drive till I was 24 BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #31
I was 25 so freaking what! My grandmother NEVER learned to drive VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #34
You're own personal anecdotes don't really count. phleshdef Mar 2014 #37
Analogy still doesn't fit BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #109
Well you can choose not to drive but you can't choose to not be an ER liability. phleshdef Mar 2014 #111
Mass transit in NYC HockeyMom Mar 2014 #86
Most of the country is nothing like NYC or LA or Chicago in terms of public transportation. phleshdef Mar 2014 #112
I now live in Naples, Florida HockeyMom Mar 2014 #116
90% of Americans drive to work. phleshdef Mar 2014 #119
The ACA shouldn't be a choice. Chan790 Mar 2014 #127
Harsher penalties? Like what? BuelahWitch Mar 2014 #131
Bigger fines. Chan790 Mar 2014 #132
Try living in a rural area if you don't fucking drive! jmowreader Mar 2014 #114
But We All Get Old otohara Mar 2014 #137
One has a choice about owning a car... pipoman Mar 2014 #9
not everyone.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #30
No, insurance is the price of owning and operating a dangerous machine. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #12
There is no mandatory requirement for car insurance. Xithras Mar 2014 #113
Why, so you can game the system and buy in when you need it? Sign up with a not-for-profit, or do Hoyt Mar 2014 #10
In theory you can do that anyway. Mandates do nothing to prevent this. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #18
Good, I see you've figured out how to game the system and let others pay to help it work. Hoyt Mar 2014 #22
I AM trying to make it better... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #40
I like what we have now considering things. And a mandate is the only way to make it work Hoyt Mar 2014 #46
So you have no insurance at all? brush Mar 2014 #75
If you support the ACA and its subsidies you already endorse this... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #89
Seems you're the one with the right wing talking points brush Mar 2014 #108
...applause. Chan790 Mar 2014 #128
They require the financially able to pay a tax/fine when they don't have insurance. phleshdef Mar 2014 #29
It is simple outsourcing pipoman Mar 2014 #17
You mean like Medicare, and Medicaid that rely heavily on insurance companies and Hoyt Mar 2014 #26
Only Medicare Parts C and D HockeyMom Mar 2014 #83
Well, unless you have a supplemental, there is no out-of-pocket cap on traditional Medicare. And Hoyt Mar 2014 #84
New York tried a system where insurers were required to accept anyone who applied Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #23
Thanks for the reality of the Mandate, Nye. Cha Mar 2014 #28
And even single payer would have a mandate, it would just be tax based instead of premium based. phleshdef Mar 2014 #32
Libertarians...pffffffttttttt!! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #35
Single payer would bring with it the ability to negotiate rates with the healthcare industry Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #39
I don't know any DUer that doesn't want single payer. phleshdef Mar 2014 #45
NOT having to pay a middleman for administration and profit is a huge win Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #48
Yea that goes without saying. phleshdef Mar 2014 #49
I think ACA actually codifies the broken system into our government rather than give Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #51
"The private insurance system was headed for collapse before this law came into effect" phleshdef Mar 2014 #52
I worked for a public school district HockeyMom Mar 2014 #82
If the government is a criminal cartel that gets over by denying care then we should replace it. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #61
New York didn't have a federal subsidy... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #41
But Single-Payer would need a raise in taxes. Amonester Mar 2014 #66
Taxes are much more progressive (in the technical sense) than insurance fees. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2014 #120
One of my biggest problems with the ACA is that it brings millions of customers to the insurers Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #36
DELETE. Sorry got posted twice. Hoyt Mar 2014 #42
Under the ACA insurance companies are guaranteed Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #47
I think competition adds that incentive. If another insurer thinks they can handle the population Hoyt Mar 2014 #50
The financial incentive is to charge as much as possible. Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #53
No it does not guarantee premiums will go up. Another insurer, such as a hospital not-for-profit Hoyt Mar 2014 #54
I don't think we've seen the dynamic on the exchanges you Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #55
Not yet, many insurers are holding back until the risks are better known. Hoyt Mar 2014 #56
"We are not going to put your drug on our formulary at that price" is pretty strong. Hoyt Mar 2014 #42
So you want to be free not to have coverage? SheilaT Mar 2014 #38
No he will limp along until the next open enrollment and get insurance. Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #44
He did NOT wish any ill on the OP. He just stated the possible risks. If someone wants to take lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #60
Scary! Far better I buy a plan that does NOT cover me... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #90
won't happen, and they do need a mandate at least the way it exists today lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #57
Are you against the Social Security and Medicare mandate? lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #58
Am I paying the government, or paying a corporation. Get it now? Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #91
Usually the government will subcontract to private insurance. They do it now for Medicare lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #97
Without the mandate, the whole rest of the system is unaffordable to the insurers jmowreader Mar 2014 #59
exactly, it spreads the risk. We don't have single payer, and this is what we have, so that is what lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #63
But who would fund single payer? Would it be Gilligan or would it be Mr Howell? The ACA... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #70
taxpayers of course lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #80
Which taxpayers. Don't try to dodge this. Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #92
I am not dodging, all tax payers, including corporations. That is how single payer runs lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #96
You are still evading. Who pays what percentage? You think single payer is regressive? nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #99
WHAT!! I am not legislator, and if you expect a complete plan with details, ask your representative lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #100
why is *your* support so important? are you so important that we should change a law for you? CreekDog Mar 2014 #133
Mandates or the lack do not impact Waiting Periods.... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #69
This. PeaceNikki Mar 2014 #107
Olbermann agrees nationalize the fed Mar 2014 #68
I am in good company then. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #71
The ACA doesn't need your support... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #72
Insurance mandates date back to 1791. They're one of the oldest ideas in the country. Recursion Mar 2014 #76
the ACA is the mandate alc Mar 2014 #78
Bleah. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #79
Other countries employ mandates to get their citizens to get covered privately or pubically. BenzoDia Mar 2014 #81
So don't get insurance, problem solved. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #85
"How do I qualify for an exemption from the fee for not having health coverage?" Lars39 Mar 2014 #87
My Fave - "You’re not lawfully present in the U.S. " Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #95
Are You Sure You Thought This Through? ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #93
I doubt it. No system is free of some type of mandate. Single Payer has bluestate10 Mar 2014 #123
Nope. Get on board and learn to live with it. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #101
If you are willing to sign a waiver refusing all uninsured hospitalizations or emergency services.... peace13 Mar 2014 #102
Without the mandate, there is no ACA theboss Mar 2014 #105
How about expanding Medicare further? Might that get your support? n/t Orsino Mar 2014 #110
Do you know why the mandate is there? AceWheeler Mar 2014 #115
do you have life insurance? not mandatory, is it. DrDan Mar 2014 #117
You are using a red herring argument. bluestate10 Mar 2014 #124
The mandate is there to force people, who would not otherwise buy, to purchase their product... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #122
Your position is fucking ridiculous. bluestate10 Mar 2014 #121
Not only ACA, but universal and social health care all require a pool of everyone to pay Sheepshank Mar 2014 #125
Well, and succinctly, put. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2014 #129
My grandma spoke Galician. She used to say, "qui tardi piacchi" meaning... Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #126
PO + Mandate zipplewrath Mar 2014 #134
Universal=mandatory. The mandate isn't one of the top 10 flaws with the system. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #135
Repub_Chris: GOP Readies New Votes On Health Law Mandate Repeal ... pampango Mar 2014 #138
The GOP is playing political theater. I don't care what they pretend to do, I care what's right. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #139
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