We can all be exempt from Bamacare

The New Ledger ^ | March 22, 2010 | Ben Domenech

[Rightproud]

It's not the $95 fine that we are seeking exemption from.

It's having millions of us seeking to be exempt from participation.

But sadly, you are correct about the damage that bamacare will do to the insurance companies and hospitals.

[kaehurowing]

We can also all become Amish.

[neodad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg

[A_Tradition_Continues]

then we can all find our Amish roots

I have some furniture made by the Amish. Seems close enough to me.

[Freedom56v2]

I have relatives in Pennsylvania—I am hoping that is enough...

[blondee123]

Not legal. There are rules on number of staff and payroll for each member. Phantom staff would be illegal, especially if the purpose is to dodge the law (although the law is unconstitutional on other grounds).

RULES? NOT LEGAL? We don't need no stinkin rules, the RATS don't, why should we! Let them fight us in court if they think it's illegal!!!!

[blondee123]

Not sure if this works, but was posted here two days ago & the poster claims it has the same exemptions as the Amish.

http://www.samaritanministries.org/

[Kellis91789]

That seems like a convoluted system.

You pay a $170/yr per household “administrative fee” no matter how large or small your household is. Then you pay $120/mo per individual. But you don’t pay it to the organization, you send your check to whoever the organization “assigns” you to send it to based on other members’ requests for reimbursement that month.

So if you have a $50K hospital bill and submit it to the organization, they will “assign” your bill to some 400+ other members and you will hopefully receive separate checks from each of those members. Then you have the joy of endorsing those 400+ checks, depositing them to your bank, who may charge you for depositing such a large number of checks to a non-business account, and hope none of them bounce and leave you with bank fees or just plain short or bouncing your own check you use in paying the hospital bill.

There are currently less than 14,000 households involved, and that doesn’t seem like a very big risk pool to spread the risk across.

[Defiant]

the tragedy is what this will do to insurance companies and hospitals. It will drive them out business

No, it will just force us into back-alley insurance deals. Women will die when unlicensed brokers using coat hangers write policies.

[bt_dooftlook]

Can we just “deem” that we’re Amish and be done with it?

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Consider it done...... http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/5776/

Create you new name at the link. Jeb.

[esquirette]

There is also an exemption for members of a Christian health co-op.

I say bankrupt the purse and worry about care later. This is why: they won’t stop at this. They will come after what you eat, what you wear, when you exercise, your guns, and your speech. Draw the line now.