I’m crying. I went to pick up food at my favorite restaurant and I got into it with a couple of democrats about Ted Cruz on the floor.

I know it was all for show. I know it’s ridiculous that the GOP sends me an e-mail asking for money to support Cruz when the Powers -To-Be have written him off as an upstart incapable of being the GOP front runner, however, I am only concerned with this from my POV. This is the first time in my fifty-one years of history that any program has become law that required me to buy something or otherwise apply for government help.

I can’t do this. I’m too independent. I have gone years not owning anything, but not owing anyone. I make my choices some of them have been downright awful, but I never expected the government to have the right to come into my personal life and make choices for me. Please, please...I’m begging you stop this bill. This feels like the death of America to me.

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

Muslims are exempt from ACA, so they don't have to be worried about this. You can tell the Ovomit administration does not play favorites here...

This is not a case of a threat to freedom. There's nothing wrong with funding home visits.

Even the article can't make the case. At the end they rightly say when someone's giving you something you need (in this case the gov't) they have power over you. That would be true regardless of whether home visits were funded.

The article makes the claim that gov't insurance encourages the insurer to investigate your private life. This is true regardless of the who the insurer is. I agree it might be a bigger problem w/ the gov't b/c they have the power to make things illegal.

This is related to my complaint that having gov't pay for things wastes public discourse time. For example, there is some disagreement on how often women need mammograms and which vaccinations kids need. In a free market, people would just pay for what they personally think they need. In a system like PPACA, it becomes a matter for policy debate because our tax dollars are paying for part of it.

I share some of the criticism of PPACA, but on balance it does more harm than good. That's a debatable claim. I reject the histrionics, though, about PPACA taking away your freedom. Mostly it solves the problem of labor immobility due to jobs being tied to insurance and the problem of people not being able to insure against the peril of a long-term illness. It also does something to help the poor have access to the new expensive treatments and interventions in the medical world. As gov't initiatives go, PPACA is shooting par.

Gee, I fit about one of those categories. Of course, I haven't applied for a subsidy, haven't put my name on the exchange (Ha Ha. TX doesn't have one.) Don't smoke, child doing well in school, not under 21 and pregnant, not in trouble with child welfare. Damn, I just can't lose for winning. Guess I'll have to try harder.