Healthcare Mandate

In part as a result of my desire to avoid the pesky "Healthcare Mandate" in Massachusetts, I have relocated to Virginia. However, to my horror, I am discovering that the current health "care" (what a name!) bill also has a mandate! As a relatively young and healthy person, it thus seems that there is nothing I can do to avoid subsidising someone else's health coverage. I don't think we've realized to what extent this bill is a fundamental break with this country's past--no longer are death and taxes the only things you can avoid. Even with the draft, there was a chance you wouldn't be selected. The health "care" bill is a sort of permanent draft where everyone gets their number chosen. And even if I move to Tombouctou, Mali (in Africa), I'll still have to pay taxes to support this expensive system. What a nightmare! This whole thing is becoming much more of a burden than I'd ever imagined...

 

This has me looking with curiosity towards the history of the Republic of Vermont. and its very interesting independence movement, as discussed in the Washington Post...