Here’s A Thought: If The Federal Government Mandates Health Insurance What Do The Amish People Do?

Proof • September 29, 2009

Senator John Ensign got written confirmation from the Democrats that you could be put in jail if you don’t sign up for insurance under the health care plan they’re pushing through Congress. Tonight as I listened to the Mark Levine show (which is on right before my own radio show) I heard a caller make a point I haven’t heard anyone make yet:
If the Democrats mandate health insurance, meaning it’s illegal to go without, what do people like the Amish (who have a religious objection to insurance) do? What about other belief systems that object to insurance? Are we going to put all the Amish people in jail? What about their 1st amendment rights to practice their religion freely? Is that trumped by the desire of liberals to make everyone pay for everyone else’s health care?
I don’t think the federal government has the Constitutional authority to force us to buy anything. I certainly don’t think the government should be able to throw us in jail for objecting to buying health insurance based on religious beliefs.

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http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

They did away with debtor’s prisons.
They did away with the draft.
But if the Obamabots draft you to get insurance, they’ll throw you in jail if you don’t pay?

That’s “progressive” all right!
robert108

If we lose our right to say “no”, we really have no rights at all.
bill-tb

Wouldn't you think that if government rationed healtcare was any good, you wouldn't have to have jail penalties for not signing up?
docdave

I think you can throw in the Indians into the non-insurance group too. Of course, many of them already get freebies from the government including healthcare but what they get is not and is likely not to be the government health care which will be forced on the rest of us.

There may also be other exclusions including those that are self-insured.
Mark

I think you can throw in the Indians into the non-insurance group too. Of course, many of them already get freebies from the government including healthcare but what they get is not and is likely not to be the government health care which will be forced on the rest of us.

You want to see government health care at it's worst?

Come to SD and visit the Pine Ridge reservation!
sam

The common practice on the reservation where I work is for IHS to send those entitled to IHS to sign up for MA first.Then IHS will pick up if you are not approved.I call this double dipping.I am not entitled to anything.The only choice that I have is to work so that I have health care or pay the price some other way.IHS is lining the pockets somewhere.Many local hospitals are writing off hundreds of thousands in IHS debt because they do not pay the hospitals for services.Where is the money going? I could lose my job for asking that question.They are not accountable to anyone.If we are to have a healthcare program such as Medicare,Medicaid,or IHS,we deserve accountability.
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

This won't past constitutional muster, not even close. So it is a colossal waste of our time and taxes to bother putting it through and an excellent example of the Democrats' arrogance, but don't think you're going to jail. Worry more about the waste of our time as they attempt to enforce it and turn it into an even bigger circus of circle jerking.
jimmypop

what about the witnesses? they dont like medicine, right? why should they be forced to pay for something their god says no to?
ellinas

What about the polygamists? Their religion says they can have as many wives as they can afford. And to replenish their harem with 13 year olds as often as possible. What about their 1st amendment rights to practice their religion freely? Is that trumped by the desire of conservatives to make everyone come under the jurisdiction of……whatever.
2Hotel9

To funny, e, defender of child molesters, attempts to equate Constitutional rights with child molestation.

Simply put, this will trigger the civil war that leftards, such as the Greek citizen elinas, have been clamoring for since the 1930s.

As for the Amish, they will be jailed for nonconformity, another "crime" Democrats and other leftards such as e want to force onto Americans.
Ken

I would assume the Amish would be exempt. They are already exempt from Social Security due to their refusal to collect benefits and their objection to insurance. The Amish are a non-issue, but the larger point is valid. The federal government has no constitutional athority or right to force Americans to have insurance, especially with the threat of prison.
FedUp

The dems don't give a flying fig about our rights. They've trashed the Constitution with every move they make. They WON, that's all that matters. Just hope the country will last until the adults get in control.
Brent

what do people like the Amish (who have a religious objection to insurance) do?

Rob, I recommend you google search "Waco".
Thought Criminal #31

Go to jail, I guess
grayfort

I don't think we have to worry about anyone going to jail. If the government want everyone to pay for it then all they have to do is tack it onto your paycheck the same way they do FICA and Medicare. In fact, all they have to do is raise the percentage of the Medicare deduction and you'd never even catch it. As for trashing the Constitution, you can't pin that on the Democrats since we have already given the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and FEMA that option.

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