My must read of the day is "Obamacare: Who will ignore law's requirements?" in Politico:
Some will flout the mandate to buy coverage on ideological grounds, a health insurance version of civil disobedience.
Some will opt for the penalty because it’s cheaper than paying for insurance, even with subsidies — as long as they don’t get sick and have to pay their own medical bills.
And some are so confused about the president’s health care law that they may not even realize they have to pay a penalty — or a tax, as the Supreme Court called it — until they get slapped with the fine when they file their 2014 tax returns. And sign-up rates may be affected, too, if the technical problems on the exchange websites persist.
This must be the question that shakes the administration and Democrats to their core. According to Politico it isn’t just the "Young Invincibles" who might "ignore the law’s requirements."
The article lists several groups that may prefer to take the fine rather than sign up for insurance. Taken together, these numbers could pose a significant problem in the legislation’s first year.
I’ve said before that young people are really the sticking point, and I stand by that.
To say they are the key to Obamacare’s success is an understatement. Without them the entire premise of the Affordable Care Act deteriorates. You would have insurance that is anything but affordable for the people it is meant to assist.
There very well may be an enrollment gap that causes additional hiccups for a troubled law.