If you can't afford insurance, then you get a federal subsidy to help you acquire insurance. If you can afford insurance but choose not to get it, then you will be charged a financial penalty that is 1% of your income, and increases each year and is capped at the fourth year rate if you still don't have insurance.
You also have the option of keeping your insurance with your employer, which is what I am personally doing since I'm happy with it.
If you choose one of the ACA plans, your employer won't contribute to your premiums.
There are countless horror stories about what Americans are experiencing under the status quo (pre-ACA). Hard to see how ACA could possibly be worse. Millions of people who never had insurance will now receive care. And those who already have insurance will still have insurance. Win-win.
What's funny is this was an idea birthed by a conservative think tank (Heritage Foundation), successfully tested in a Republican-led state with a governor who was the 2012 Republican Prez nominee, passed by Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court, and signed by the President into law. It's already the law of the land. The time for debate about it has long passed.
You also have the option of keeping your insurance with your employer, which is what I am personally doing since I'm happy with it.
If you choose one of the ACA plans, your employer won't contribute to your premiums.
There are countless horror stories about what Americans are experiencing under the status quo (pre-ACA). Hard to see how ACA could possibly be worse. Millions of people who never had insurance will now receive care. And those who already have insurance will still have insurance. Win-win.
What's funny is this was an idea birthed by a conservative think tank (Heritage Foundation), successfully tested in a Republican-led state with a governor who was the 2012 Republican Prez nominee, passed by Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court, and signed by the President into law. It's already the law of the land. The time for debate about it has long passed.