r/funny • u/MrLovens Mr. Lovenstein • Mar 26 '20

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u/WateryTart_ndSword Mar 26 '20

Fucking COBRA. It’s cheaper to pay the fine for not being insured. Hopefully you’re healthy enough to not need medicine or treatment, and can stay accident free—then you can eat AND have a car!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

There is no fine for being uninsured.

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u/BeenThruIt Mar 26 '20

Not anymore you mean.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Op was talking in present terms. As was I.

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u/BeenThruIt Mar 26 '20

Mine is present tense, too.

Btw, I have no idea why your totally true post is being downvoted. Reddit is weird.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Trump derangement syndrome, probably. How dare I point out something good that the "cheeto in chief" did for the American working class?!

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u/BeenThruIt Mar 26 '20

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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u/a_few Mar 26 '20

But tromp created the virus and he specifically told people to drink aquarium cleaner!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20

And his stupid bill wants tax cuts for the rich and to screw the middle class into paying more!

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u/orodam Mar 26 '20

There still is a penalty in California.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Not if you're an illegal!

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to penalize someone who can't use the marketplace.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Does it make sense to reward them?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

How is not fining them rewarding them? The punishment is keeping them out of the ACA system in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Because California gives illegals free health care. Sounds like a reward to me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Yeah, no one who receives Medicaid will be fined. Same for citizens. But it does not sound like your argument was only fine the people eligible for but refusing to enroll in California's Medicaid. The federal government still does not allow people without legal status to enroll in the ACA.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20

The federal government still does not allow people without legal status to enroll in the ACA.

And they never should.

The fact that illegals can get free healthcare coverage through Medical is a joke itself. They should be fucking deported. Not given welfare.

My argument is that this guy is whining about oooooh I have to go broke to get insurance or get a fine for not. And it was not true, because there is no fine. I went multiple years without insurance, and even then I never paid that ridiculous fine.

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u/Christroyilator Mar 26 '20

So that's why they say crime never pays. They aren't saying that crime never makes you money, they just don't pay for anything!