One percent of Massachusetts residents without health insurance were sentenced

One percent of Massachusetts residents without health insurance were sentenced -

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue announced today ' hui that 45,000 registrants were issued a fine because they were considered by the state to be able to get health insurance, but had no coverage.

fines would provide the state with $ 16.4 million in revenue.

in total, there were about 4 million tax filers, reported Patriot Ledger . This means that a little over 1 percent of Massachusetts residents were found to be legal and able to afford health insurance but chose to defy the law of the state.

If these numbers are any where near that, at national level, that would probably be a very good thing for health insurance in the US This level of participation will spread a large financial risk through the country and allow private insurers to offer affordable health insurance plans.

The big question, of course, is how many of those newly insured salary bonuses in the private market and how many funds use taxpayers to get their coverage?

So what are the chances that the stars align? Most of us fear that the proposed health reform law will destroy everything. But if it works?

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