Originally Posted by
Hayvern
Actually, they do have to buy. If they do not then they are FINED, that is the wording in the document. It is called a fine. What that implies is that if you do not pay for health insurance, then you are a criminal and have to pay a fine.
Either way, you are going to pay whether you want to or not, and this is unprecendented in the history of the Federal Government. Never before has the Federal Government ever made a law that says that everyone has to buy a particular product simply to be a citizen of this country. You have no choice in the matter, you pay the insurance, or you pay the fine.
With everything else, and yes, even the impending medical product that you may have to purchase if you do not have insurance, you have a choice. If I do not want to buy car insurance, I do not have to drive a car, if I do not want to pay for medical care, I do not have to go to the Doctor. There is no law that says I have to do these things, to the contrary, there are laws that explicitly state I do not have to buy these things, that is until this particular law got put on the books.
There are a number of areas where there are problems with this law and I think you are going to see the entire thing struck down when the Supreme Court rules. Obama stepped over the edge with his remarks and he even knows it now.