Sounds like a BIG win for the insurance companies.......
We are REQUIRED to have home insurance if we buy a house with a mortgage attached. We are REQUIRED to have auto insurance if we drive our cars on public streets. And now we will be REQUIRED to have health insurance or pay a fine?
For the handful people left in the universe who still DON'T think the insurance companies have some major influence in our government, do you think it's about time to smarten up? What other industry do you know of that has gotten the government to FORCE us to have to buy their product? And at the same time engage in business practices blatantly discriminatory on many levels?
I guess when we fill out our taxes we are going to be required to prove that we have health insurance. Great. Another form that will have to be filled out and some sort of statement provided. And I guess that explains why the insurance companies have required our SSNs all these years.