VivirLatino

As part of that huge uninsured in the United States, this is an important issue for me. But what isn’t being talked about in any detail in all of these debates is how both Obama’s and Clinton’s plan, as Brown Femi Power points out on her blog, would fine people if they don’t enroll in their health care plan.

The tricky part comes when it comes to how to actually get people on the programs–and this is the part where my head is exploding because I can’t find any definite information about each candidate. Apparently both candidates would impose some type of ‘fine’ or ‘penalty’ on people who do not buy health insurance once the option is made available–thus universal coverage. At the debate, I couldn’t figure out what Hillary was saying at all, and all I took from Obama is that he will be all about fining parents/penalizing parents if they don’t cover their children.

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