This makes the blood boil and makes one wish for all Democrats who voted to allow this bill to go forward to break out in excruciatingly painful boils over their whole body leading to sepsis infections which run their natural course and make this country a better place.
Or something like that.
in the year 2019 about 16 million U.S. citizens would be uninsured and be forced to pay a penalty tax of almost $800 per year. About eight million illegal aliens would be uninsured and would owe no penalty tax. Both groups would get their health care through a combination of out-of-pocket spending and use of uncompensated care in emergency rooms and free health clinics.
This seems unfair.
Details follow for those who care. Warning: the details get weedy quickly. You might want to skip them. I am including them mostly for experts and reporters who may want to follow up on this. If you are a policy amateur but have been reading this blog for more than a week or two, feel free to dive in. You can handle the complexity.
The whole thing is here.
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