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Originally Posted by Forest119
I was thinking of audit more in the certification sense. This entail tight regulation by the government, which is rare but not unheard of, especially in case relating to public health. (Nuclear energy, for example.)
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forgive me, lol... i have an accounting background, audit is a loaded word to me
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This is probably the question that has given me the most to ponder. How do you get everyone to participate? It is much like the question, how do you get everyone to pay their taxes? I don't think there is an easy answer. One thought is including having to provide proof of insurance on your tax returns with penalties if you don't. Another is to require proof of insurance to receive any government benefit, such as social security, welfare, unemployment, etc. This will get much of the uninsured poor insured. (These benefits would correspondingly be increased to the average cost of insurance. This would give the recipients a motivating factor to reduce their risk factors, thereby being charged a lower premium and having more money in pocket.) Just a couple of ideas. There may be better ones out there though.
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So in other words, either force enrollment and verify enrollment through tax filings or offer substantial state benefits to encourage voluntary enrollment. Well, assuming it works, I guess it's an idea I'm not necessarily opposed to, provided of course a standard of a fair and humane minimum coverage and max price could be established based on your "economic research".