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[SharonB]

As I inderstand the bill, Everyone will have a choice. If they can find an approved provider they like, they can use it.

What is important it will be mandatory that all wage earners will be responsible to pay their share.

How the government is going to enforce this isn't clear to me as yet. In fact that is the problem. Very little of this whole bill is clear at this time. It doesn't matter, just vote and hope.

FYI, from my stste rep web site. He has a simplified format PDF where there is a plain language description of the bill.
http://www.farr.house.gov/

TITLE III—SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
SUBTITLE A – INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
Sec. 301. Individual responsibility. Cross-references the shared responsibility provision in the Internal Revenue Code where an individual has the choice of maintaining acceptable coverage or paying a tax.

I suspect the IRS will become the bill collector. They haven't done so well these past years, so I expect that will be another area where the new administration will venture.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/26/taking_liberties/entry5268079.shtml
Democratic Health Care Bill Divulges IRS Tax Data

Declan McCullagh also reports that, under Section 1801(a) “the Social Security Administration can obtain tax return data on anyone who may be eligible for a ‘low-income prescription drug subsidy’ but has not applied for it.”

So the Health Choices Commissioner and anyone in his office, the fifty state health programs and their staffs, and the vast Social Security Administration will all now have access to your personal tax information.
SharonB