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What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?[W:44]

Choose what you will be doing (or not doing) now that ACA sign up is available.

  • I have insurance and I'm switching to ACA

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • I have insurance and I'm keeping it

    Votes: 35 64.8%

  • I do not have insurance and I'm signing up for ACA

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • I do not have insurance and I'm NOT signing up for ACA and will pay the fine

    Votes: 3 5.6%

  • Other (explain)

    Votes: 10 18.5%
  • Total voters
    54
  • Poll closed .
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

francois60 said:
Actually, it's not a fine or penalty, it's just a tax. A tax which is uncollectable, according to the law. So no, you don't actually have to pay it. All the IRS can do is send you nasty letters that threaten very serious nasty letters in the future.
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It's uncollectable according to the law? Ok, I didn't know that. :lamo

A tax can be a penalty and that is the intent of the fine.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

Surtr said:
Please do go on about how I should want inferior healthcare that couldn't possibly measure up to what I already have? It's a sub par product churned out by the government; you'd be in better hands under an HMO.
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think I said the opposite.

Let me try again.

Since you have medical insurance you like there is no need to use one of the plans offered through ACA.

Not sure what you do not get.

I am lucky as well to have a plan that I like through my employer. I only know two people that will be getting insurance through ACA. One is self employed and is getting a much better deal through the exchange. The other is a family member who was otherwise uninsurable.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

Henrin said:
It's uncollectable according to the law? Ok, I didn't know that. :lamo
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They can only collect it by docking your refund. No refund, no "personal responsibility fee".

A tax can be a penalty and that is the intent of the fine.
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Yeah, sorta, but the Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal under the commerce clause and was only legal as a tax. Typically, paying a fine doesn't put you into compliance with a law, and you can face escalating consequences if you continue to flout the law. But since the mandate is only a tax, paying it means you're legally as compliant as someone who bought insurance.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

francois60 said:
Insurance is real if the customer is happy with it. The government added a ton of mandates on insurers, most of them politically motivated rather than in the interests of people's actual needs.
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OH MY GOD! The sales man spills the beans with the truth!

Sel l the SUCKER and keep him HAPPY with a FAKE product!

The story of HC in USA.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

Sure, because what I need most right now that I didn't have before was maternity care. And oh yeah, instead of co-pays for preventive care, I just get higher premiums. Not sure why it was so necessary to take that choice from me.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

I have what was offered a once-over-lightly look and I was shocked at how high the prices were.

The cheapest plan was about $325 a month with a $5000 yearly deductible.

That is close to exactly what I got when I switched plans a few years ago, and I had to pay smokers rates, high blood pressure rates, and maybe a few other things. My deductible has been reduced to $2700, maybe because reported expenses have been trivial.

I guess the higher than expected rates are due to guaranteed insurability. Look for a lot of people to choose to pay the fine and go uncovered.
 
Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, the old White men who rule the GOP continue to pretend that the Affordable Care Act is not settled law which has been approved by the U.S. Supreme court.

The GOP will pay a price for this kerfuffle and they will have no one to blame besides themselves.

They will get no pity from me.
 
Saw Jack Lew with Chris Wallace this AM.
Swear to God, Lew has to be the most politically obedient Treasury Sec. ever.
Total Remora on Obama's butt repeating the same talking points.

Anyway ... I bring up his name because Lew was pressed on how many actual enrollments there have been.
After repeatedly stressing how very busy the website has been and after dodging the repeated question from Wallace he still wouldn't say.
He claimed he didn't really know. Anyone believe that?

No mention of the Obamacare 1-800-F1UC-KYO help-line activity status.
 
shrubnose said:
Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, the old White men who rule the GOP continue to pretend that the Affordable Care Act is not settled law which has been approved by the U.S. Supreme court.
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So is the Patriot Act. Laws can be repealed or changed.

The only laws that can't be changed, at least not easily, are in the Constitution. So the Citizens United decision, THAT is settled law. yet for some reason the left isn't settling.
 
Re: What will you do now that the ACA sign up has started?

Henrin said:
Why limit it to 26 if that is your argument? Why allow people to ever grow up or handle their own problems? Is the argument all of sudden not workable at 27 for some reason?
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AGENT J said:
wasnt making it an argument just pointing out the fact that nothing untied posted made him a "freeloader", that was an uncalled for attack
I was also pointing out referring to the age of 18 and saying that was the limit was very uneducated on this topic.

also as far as i know just to give some info, there are some reasons it never stops, namely disabilities. but that wasnt an argument just facts the destroy the previous topically uneducated posts.

Assuming somebody moving to ACA was a free loader is about as topically uneducated and dishonest as a post could be.
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My thoughts on the matter is that traditionally parents were responsible for the well being of their children unless waived by a court of law until the age of 25. Some States still have the requirement that they cannot disinherit their childern until the age of 25.
 
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