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<H1>What Happens If We're Forced To Buy Insurance</H1>
<DIV><CITE sizset="25" sizcache="8"><A href="http://search.forbes.com/search/colArchiveSearch?author=brett+and+joshpe&aname=Brett+Joshpe"><FONT color=#003399>Brett Joshpe</FONT></A></CITE>, <SPAN class=date><FONT color=#666666>09.30.09, 12:45 PM EDT</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<H2 class=storyDek>Why I would drop health coverage and pay the fine.</H2>
<P class=storyDek>If the Max Baucus iteration of health care reform eventually becomes law, then as soon as the federal mandate for individuals to carry health insurance goes into effect, I will very likely defy the mandate, cancel my health insurance, and pay the $950 annual fine. It will not be done out of protest, but out of sheer rational cost-benefit calculation.</DIV>
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<P class=storyDek><A href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/30/health-insurance-mandate-opinions-contributors-fine-coverage.html">http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/30/health-insurance-mandate-opinions-contributors-fine-coverage.html</A></DIV>
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