In 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama was opposed to the individual mandate. He stated the following in a Feb. 28, 2008 interview on the Ellen DeGeneres show about his divergent views with Hillary Clinton:
"Both of us want to provide health care to all Americans. There’s a slight difference, and her plan is a good one. But, she mandates that everybody buy health care. She’d have the government force every individual to buy insurance and I don’t have such a mandate because I don’t think the problem is that people don’t want health insurance, it’s that they can’t afford it. So, I focus more on lowering costs. This is a modest difference. But, it’s one that she’s tried to elevate, arguing that because I don’t force people to buy health care that I’m not insuring everybody. Well, if things were that easy, I could mandate everybody to buy a house, and that would solve the problem of homelessness. It doesn’t."
支持老马的明显没自己买过保险的。可以去问问保险公司一家四口的保费是多少再来支持吧。除了纳税人养着的政府工,谁敢拍胸脯保证说自己永远都不会有失业的那一天?当失业的时候,没有雇主买保险,需要自己买的时候,生活开支紧够meet to end,还要每个月600块(根据年龄不同,copay不同,或多或少点)用来买医疗保险,如果不买而心甘情愿被罚款的时候,再来支持吧。
From Romney care. At least 80% of the mediccal insurance companies's money need to go to acutal health care in massachusetts (The number went up to 88% now). That is good example of regulation works.
I don't support free medical care. Nothing is free. If you get it free, some other people need to pay for it. However, i do support the mandate that you have to carry medical insurance (otherwise pay for a fee to other taxpayers, as tax or not). Because by not having insurance, you are actually force the taxpayers to cover you in case of emergency. The bottom line is the cost, for individuals who have insurance and business. Is the cost going to go up or not? I dont' think the mandate is going to increase the cost. It should cut the cost. Let's see