Why should Missouri’s Health Care Freedom Act block penalties for individuals or employers who don’t purchase federal health insurance?
It is important for people to have health insurance coverage, but a government requirement to purchase health insurance is ineffective, bureaucratic, and costly. The Health Care Freedom Act would strike at the heart of individual and employer mandates that just don’t work. Employer mandates also don’t work. Hawaii has had a “pay or play” employer mandate for 35 years, and the number of uninsured people there has remained the same. What’s worse is that when the government forces businesses to buy health insurance for their workers, it really means higher taxes and fewer jobs. That’s because when businesses face cost increases, they’ll pass on those costs in the form of increased prices, job cuts, or wage freezes. An individual mandate would harm patients, and an employer mandate would threaten our fragile economy. The Health Care Freedom Act would protect Missourians from these threats.
Related Questions
- Why should the Pennsylvania constitution block penalties for individuals or employers who do not purchase government health insurance?
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