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Originally Posted by RichieLion
OK, I guess I sort of owe you an apology for misunderstanding some of what you're saying. But as long as this law is on the books our way of life is threatened. Just repealing mandates only weakens the law and slows down it's national implementation, but in the end it will end private healthcare.
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Unless you mean that 'Obamacare' is somehow a 'stealth' step towards a fully nationalized system like the UK, I disagree with your last part. The mandate REQUIRES us to buy from PRIVATE insurers if we don't get insurance from our employers.
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Originally Posted by RichieLion
As far as your daughter, as a father myself, I know what you're saying. But why 26?; why not 36? Is your daughter still your dependent? Is she on your Income Tax form or is she a private filer of her own? Now I and everyone else are supposed to subsidize your daughter's health care insurance until the age of 26? Why?; what's magic about that age? She's an adult under the law in all matters except health care?
I'm sorry, but I don't get it. I know it's a load off your mind as a father, but what's fair about it?
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What's fair? Well, what's UNfair is the idea that my daughter has to stay in school in order to be covered by health insurance, whereas if she WORKS, she can't get it. Kind of like how other programs punish you when you're starting to become self-sufficient.
What's fair is that, demographically speaking, it costs next to nothing to cover her. I mean, it's odd that, without the law, I could have one 24-year-old who can't be covered, but if I bred like a rabbit I could have TEN kids under 20 covered for the same price.
For the record, I'm covering my older daughter and my ex-wife is covering our younger (19-year-old) daughter. In a way, it's punishing my ex because I'm covering 3 (my wife is the third person) and my ex is only covering 2. I certainly didn't set it up that way but, in the end that's how it worked out thanks to me being a contractor at the time and her working at the Post Office. Now I'm full-time and have good coverage. If she would ever deign to speak to me, I'd offer to take our younger one under my plan and she could go to cheaper 'single' coverage. As long as she wants to remain belligerent, though...
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Full Disclosure: Not every Tea Party Group is dead set against the SOPA bill. The largest group, The Tea Party Patriots, is totally against it, being a much more plugged in group, and not a small state organization. Lots of people don't see the big picture on this bill as you and I do.
Also, I got my Lamar's mixed up. The bill was written by Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a reported bi-partisan group of 12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act |
Thanks for the update.