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The solution seems obvious. Instead of fining (those who can afford it), use that money to pay for their Medicaid/Medicare. That way they have insurance, which
by drakonandor 10y ago
The solution seems obvious. Instead of fining (those who can afford it), use that money to pay for their Medicaid/Medicare.
That way they have insurance, which was the goal of this program, no?
- maxerickson 10y agoWhat money are you talking about? The fines are coming out of the pockets of the people that are not insured and they are choosing the fines because they are lower than the cost of the premiums. So it isn't possible to insure them with the money they pay in fines. We know that they don't qualify for Medicaid (those people aren't fined). I guess you could further expand Medicaid, but that probably wouldn't be real popular, and there would probably still be fine payers that had too much income to qualify for it.