You say you want the penalty increased as an incentive to buy health insurance. Let's increase it to $2,400 a year. I get sick the government says hey your in luck. We took that money and bought a coverage for you. What better way to spend your money you gave us?! Boom problem solved. Everyone's insured. And its not government run?! I agree people will get denied whether its government or insurance. It's a fact of life. Only so much money to go around.
The owner of my company just went and tried to get health care coverage because his wife lost her job. She worked for Pracs. He was denied coverage because of a "preexisting condition. " He previously went to rehab. Wonder how much his coverage will be once ObamaCare kicks in and they can no longer deny him. Maybe he'll just pay the penalty if its too high.