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Offline Chris_

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Man without health care sues MA over $2,000 fine
« on: August 10, 2010, 05:21:57 PM »
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Michael Merlina was fed up, frustrated and seemingly out of options when he walked into Middlesex Superior Court last week and plunked down $275 for court fees.

With help from a few clerks, Merlina became his own lawyer and filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority.

The 29-year-old North Reading glazier is fighting the $2,000 state fine for not having health insurance. In 2009, the first year penalties were in place, Merlina paid a $400 fine for him his wife.

This time, he balked.

“It makes no sense to me,” Merlina told The Pulse. “I’m a hard-working, tax-paying guy who can’t afford $800 a month for health insurance, or the $2,000 penalty for not having it, and nobody seems to get this.”

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Re: Man without health care sues MA over $2,000 fine
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2010, 05:30:00 PM »
HA HA!!
Welcome to my liberal state of MA. :mental: Just think about this happening on a country wide scale!! Maybe then people will wake the f*** up and realize what is going on. 
Still want that "health care for all"?!?! :evillaugh: :hammer:
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Re: Man without health care sues MA over $2,000 fine
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2010, 05:36:43 PM »
This should be fun to watch. Pass the popcorn.

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Re: Man without health care sues MA over $2,000 fine
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2010, 05:48:27 PM »
He should sue, however not really buying this:

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“She’s looking, but there’s just not a lot out there,” he said.

Uh, in MA?  of course there is. 

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