I refuse to participate. I will continue to pay my cash only doctor and if I have an emergency then I will get treatment and pay it out like a car. Hell with the “penalty”, I figure the amount saved will long take care of that.
“I refuse to participate. I will continue to pay my cash only doctor and if I have an emergency then I will get treatment and pay it out like a car. Hell with the “penalty”, I figure the amount saved will long take care of that.”
You will be joined by millions. Millions will fly to other countries for elected surgery or surgery that can be held off.
You won’t be allowed to do that under the ACA.............
The problem here is that hospitals charge you several times as much as the negotiated price paid by insurance companies.
The first step in any rational healthcare reform proposal would be to require hospitals to charge everybody the same price.
Many doctors will give you a discount for paying cash. Hospitals don't do that.
And if you do refuse to participate - have you considered if the IRS penalties will be less than or greater than the Obamcare premiums?