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Mandated Insurance Would “Tax” Middle Class

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday that he will propose an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system that addresses a host of GOP concerns, including blocking illegal immigrants from gaining access to subsidized insurance, urging limits on medical malpractice lawsuits and banning federal subsidies for abortion. But even after Max Baucus (D-Mont.) spoke optimistically of gaining bipartisan backing, lawmakers continued to haggle over a question at the heart of the debate: How can the government force people to buy insurance without imposing a huge new financial burden on millions of middle-class Americans?” (Washington Post ^[1], Tuesday)

Implicit taxes are real taxes.

FEE Timely Classic
“The Immorality of Government-Mandated Health Care” ^[2] by Paul A. Cleveland

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091403573.html?hpid=topnews

[2] “The Immorality of Government-Mandated Health Care”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-immorality-of-government-mandated-health-care/

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