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Old 08-21-2013, 12:23 PM
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To get the correct answer, I would suggest rephrasing your question as follows: Does anyone have the right to confiscate your earnings, or savings, to pay for their healthcare? I say "no" to this question. Regardless of how well intentioned it is it still repersents "theft". Whether I rob my neighbors house to pay for my healthcare or whether I have the government do it for me, theft is still theft.
Yes to this. Supreme Court basis for the ACA to be constitutional was to classify it as a tax. The exchange means you exchange your funds to give to others in form of tax credits or subsidies. ACA is nothing to do with Heathcare but a legal vehicle to redistribute funds.