Maybe a conservative can explain, the Repiblicans are going to "repeal" the ACA,

[PostmodernProphet]

Oh that's just utterly partisan non-sense.

why?......there is bipartisan support for chucking it......

 

[Phantasmal]

But record numbers of people are affording it!

Eating and and exercising do help immensely, but it isn't a guarantee for good health. Heredity is a bitch!

 

[PostmodernProphet]

They know they are never getting rid of the ACA

why not?....the ACA got rid of what we had before......

 

[PostmodernProphet]

Oh, you guys are just so in the know. You understand everything.

How ever did we survive without your brilliance for so long?

???.....you didn't......

 

[PostmodernProphet]

But record numbers of people are affording it!

because the taxpayers are paying for it......I got a $15,000 a year pay raise this year because tax payers are paying my insurance now too.......

 

[domer76]

????.....wait.....you didn't notice the law requires it?......

It sure doesn't.

 

[Jarod]

????.....wait.....you didn't notice the law requires it?......

It does not change the fact that they are affording it.

 

[Jarod]

why not?....the ACA got rid of what we had before......

We did not have anything before, just a hodge podg of mis-matched regulations and Insurance Industry "self regulation".

 

[domer76]

It does not change the fact that they are affording it.

The law doesn't require that you have insurance. Everybody has the option of not purchasing it. Or, one could suck it up and purchase their own insurance if they don't likecACA.

 

[Jarod]

because the taxpayers are paying for it......I got a $15,000 a year pay raise this year because tax payers are paying my insurance now too.......

But I thought it was unaffordable? If its being paid for, it is by definition affordable.

 

[Lightbringer]

Go ahead. Try it. Tell me how you deal with the free rider problem then?

Is it really a problem?

 

[zappasguitar]

my question was 'should they?'

Yes.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

It sure doesn't.

the fines are just our imagination?.....

 

[zappasguitar]

is a tax break via congressional law actually considered an entitlement? or is that just what YOU want to classify it as so you can push your own agenda?

We either test EVERYONE receiving Government assistance - and tax breaks ARE a form of government assistance - or we test NO ONE.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

It does not change the fact that they are affording it.

they aren't.....its being subsidized....by tax payers.....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

We did not have anything before

sure we did.....it was called health insurance.....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

The law doesn't require that you have insurance.

yes it does.....

 

[PostmodernProphet]

But I thought it was unaffordable? If its being paid for, it is by definition affordable.

its being paid for, as of January 1......thank you.....I appreciate it......since you are paying for it you must consider my insurance affordable, right?......its your pleasure to pay for my podiatrist......

 

[Lightbringer]

The law doesn't require that you have insurance. Everybody has the option of not purchasing it. Or, one could suck it up and purchase their own insurance if they don't likecACA.

Actually, it does. There was a Supreme Court case about this and everything. But if it doesn't, as you say, then what was the point?

 

[zappasguitar]

WITH the ACA, every American saw changes to their health insurance. Drastic changes, none of which were good. That's why it will soon be history. And you can still buy insurance. Maybe it's simply that you can't afford it. Sounds a lot like Obamacare.

Do you favor mandatory drug testing in order to receive government entitlements?

My wife and I saw no drastic changes to the health insurance that covers my family.