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Is a Person REQUIRED to Get Government Health-care?

YES, it does. If one refers to section 5000A of the health-care bill, you will find that the government REQUIRES you to have minimum health-care coverage or you will pay a hefty fine. What the hell does the government think ti is doing by making me doing anything?! I thought that this was America dammit! Your thoughts... The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the nation’s tax law, adding a section entitled, “Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage,” section 5000A. “Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: ‘‘CHAPTER 48—MAINTENANCE OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE ‘‘Sec. 5000A. Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.” This section of the law requires that every individual certify to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that they have a government-approved level of health insurance coverage. “REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE.—An applicable individual shall for each month beginning after 2013 ensure that the individual, and any dependent of the individual who is an applicable individual, is covered under minimum essential coverage for such month,” the law reads. Individuals who fail to comply with this "requirement" are assessed a “shared responsibility payment”--a fine collected by the IRS. “SHARED RESPONSIBILITY PAYMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an applicable individual fails to meet the requirement of subsection (a) for 1 or more months during any calendar year beginning after 2013…there is hereby imposed a penalty with respect to the individual in the amount determined under subsection (c).” That penalty will be no more than $750 per person who does not have health insurance, up to a maximum of $2,250 per household or two percent of household income, whichever is greater.

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1. Whew, you answered your own question - I'll collect my two points please! But seriously, the government makes you do a lot of things like buy car insurance. If you don't have insurance we end up footing the bill for you one way or the other, this just takes the guesswork out of it.
2. The "government" does not require you to buy car insurance, the state does. And then it is only if you decide that you want to own and drive a car. This requirement to buy health insurance is not from the state but from the federal gov't and is required just to be an American citizen, which is unconstitutional. Especially since there is an exception for any American Muslims since muslims believe insurance to be "gambling" and therefore against their religion. From pages 273-4 of the now passed Senate bill (a pdf file): 18 (5) EXEMPTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. —In the case of an individual who is seeking an exemption certificate under section 1311(d)(4)(H) from any requirement or penalty imposed by section 5000A, the following information: (A) In the case of an individual seeking exemption based on the individual’s status as a member of an exempt religious sect or division, as a member of a health care sharing ministry, as an Indian, or as an individual eligible for a hardship exemption, such information as the Secretary shall prescribe.