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    Nurk, you should have included a "not sure" option to the poll. The Supreme Court will decide this soon enough.

    And if people can't afford the insurance, how can they pay a fine??? What are they gonna do, put everyone in jail?

    No. Read the law: http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8061.pdf

    To those who object to Obamacare: what is your alternative? Or do you think our current system is just fine as is? If you exercise the choice to go without insurance, what happens if you get sick and can't afford the medical treatment? Are we supposed to let you die? Or will taxpayers be on the hook for your medical costs?

    Has anybody here tried to buy individual health insurance outside of a group policy or Medicare? The Mr. is not ill, has never had a heart attack, but has high cholesterol which is controlled through medication. NOBODY would insure him; thankfully, we were able to get insurance through the HIPAA program, which kicks in after you've exhausted COBRA (among other requirements). I've been very tempted to go without insurance but if someone in our family does get sick, I'd don't want to give our life savings to doctors and hospitals...so we're stuck with monthly premiums that are WAY more than our mortgage payment.

    I don't think Obamacare is a perfect solution (I would rather see a single-payer system myself), but our system cannot continue in its current form.

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