The challenge comes in the definition of a minimal insurance plan. What exactly does it have to cover to count as insurance? Am I going to have to put my policy number on my 1040 next year? Many things to worry about given the sordid history of bureaucratic implementation.
I'm pretty happy with my high deductible plan. I'm guessing this bill will put the kibosh on that, though I'm not totally sure. I'll add reading the 1,900 page bill to my todo list.
The sad part is that a conference committee will come up with the final legislation. The Senate has their own version, then the conference committee will write the final. For example, it is likely the "no pay of abortions" will be removed there.
part of the requirement is the deductible. So, people who have the $2,000 deductible (because you have other means to deal with the smaller stuff) would be out of compliance.
