03-27-2012, 05:18 PM
samintx wrote:
The "loss of freedom" to quote you is the government mandating we buy it or be fined if we don't. Pretty simple issue.
We're all already fined if people don't buy insurance, through higher premiums. That's the reality of what Kennedy calls the unique American health insurance market. The fine is $95 a year and would apply to around 3% of the population, at the most. That's people who could afford insurance but don't buy it.
It's actually not simple, and the freedom you claim to be losing is freedom you don't currently have.