Max Baucus, lap lizard for the insurance industry, has come up with his own plan:
Just as auto coverage is now mandatory, so would a requirement that all Americans get health insurance. Penalties for failing to get insurance would start at $750 a year for individuals and $1,500 for families. Households making more than three times the federal poverty level — about $66,000 for a family of four — would face the maximum fines. For families, it would be $3,800, and for individuals, $950.
If this some how passes through Congress then President Obama must veto it. He campaigned against mandates, and that is exactly what Baucus wants. This plan doesn’t fix health care for the public, it just gives the insurance companies a very huge Christmas present.