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Let's say, for whatever reason, you can't afford health insurance. The Government comes along and says "buy health insurance or we'll fine you (or slap a tax on you---same thing). So, if you can't afford health insurance, how do you afford the tax? Bonus question: Under this new scheme (which given the current rulers of this country, is likely to become law), will they also close emergency rooms to uninsured people--people who have access to emergency rooms as clinics-of-last-resort? If you take from people money they don't have, what stops you from taking everything else?