Its interesting to see who is against having health insurance...
If you have ANY net worth at all...of any significance...you must have health insurance to preserve your assets...because a hospital admission can cost $20,000 before you are checked into your hospital bed...!
PEOPLE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT NET WORTH...PROBABLY 70% OF AMERICANS... They Have NOTHING to protect...
They are essentially living hand to mouth...
SO....buying insurance under the mandate would be an issue for them...most of these near poor...are at or near Medicaid levels... They are One sickness away from Medicaid...which is a very generous program for them!
So oddly it is the near poor...people without a net worth...that are likely to be most against Obamacare...
They are paying nothing now.. And they are at or near the public dole threashold : ie Medicaid...
So they don't want to be "forced" into the commercial health insurance system...which is very expensive.
People who have health insurance "for free" from their employer...are mostly out of the debate...
It is only that small group of self employed people...WITH A NET WORTH...who are impacted badly by the health care mess... Everyone else is covered one way or another...
