10-09-2020, 03:22 PM
(10-09-2020, 02:59 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Obamacare was meant to provide basic health insurance to the uninsured because they weren’t poor enough for Medicaid, but had a job which didn’t provide health insurance benefits or enough salary to afford health insurance.
It would help provide basic health care, it would help prevent bankruptcy due to medical debt, it would prevent insurance caps for coverage, it would provide insurance for pre-existing conditions, etc.
People had to prove to the government they had health insurance or they would have to pay the government if they didn’t. Indigent care and unpaid hospital bills are passed onto the government from hospitals and you and I help subsidize this bad medical debt with our taxes “on the back end”. Basically, you and I are paying their medical bills when they don’t have insurance and they can’t afford to pay. By forcing them to pay the government for not buying health insurance the government was forcing these people to pay at least part of the bad medical debt up front which in turns lessens the amount of bad medical debt you and I have to supplement with our taxes.
People argue it is unconstitutional because the government can’t force people to buy health insurance. Or pay a tax/penalty for not buying insurance.
Thank you for that explanation.
