Jon Gansen said: Paying a fine is not following the law but ramifications for breaking the law. Refusing to get insured would have been blown up more than him signing up for obamacare or his wife keeping her current position. Cruz sitiuation just covers Hillarys problems with the foundation and emails etc. Cruz followed the rule of law, compare that to Hillary.
I kind of see what you're saying, your take is signing up is following the law, paying the fine is not following the law, I get that. Although his hard line supporters probably would have wished that he defied the law, might help him win the primary, but would sure lose the general election, not that he would win a general election anyway.
Of course if anyone has the means to purchase and provide their families with insurance, they would be crazy not to. I see my bills coming in from my recent surgery and it's crazy. Well the craziest thing is the price for procedures, and then it's the discount provided because of insurance. Of course in one regard, I want to make sure those people get the pay they deserve, I'm still alive, kicking and hopefully cured, (will find out in a few weeks I hope). Also when you start counting the number of people involved, I know I had my surgeon, the anesthesiologist, her assistant, the circulating nurse, don't know who else might have been in the operating room the happy juice had me out before I even left the staging/recovery room.
Then there are the 3 to 4 nurses monitoring patients in that room and then the 4 or so nurses monitoring the patents in the rooms before and after. Then there is the support staff running around the hospital. Holy crap no wonder health care is expensive, yet it is a huge factor in our economy. Usually good paying jobs, almost seems it's replaced a lot of our manufacturing jobs?
Mel