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Showing Original Post only (View all)I used to be HIGHLY skeptical of the HCR. Then this happened. And now I support it 100% [View all]
Some of us just don't get it. Now that the mandate has become a tax, instead of a mandate like car insurance, it is collected by the government. It is the job of the IRS to enforce said mandate.
Collected by the government means Single Payer has now been raised from the dead - because now this is in the hands of the government. They will ensure (1) all Americans are covered, vis a vis the HRC and (2) all Americans pay their taxes, like they always have.
This means we might, if we play our cards right, get SINGLE FUCKING PAYER - since the government agencies are more empowered to make this happen.
Of course, Republicans, this is exactly what you fear it is: a tax increase. Something I think we have needed since Reagan moved in and fell asleep in the White House.