I don't like Obamacare and I don't like Obama, but what you are suggesting is more than a little paranoid. Most working adults already have a social security card and pay in money to the IRS, and most of us have trackable smart phones and non smart phones, plus the government can track our online use. Many millions also have car tags that track our movement through toll booths. If the government wants to track and spy on us they already have plenty of ways to do it without Obamacare. Additionally, most of us who already have insurance through their employer will not be signing up for the Affordable Care Act. There are plenty of reasons to hate it without going over the top.

Your plans through your employer will be changing, the old system is done! Most people I known are being offered higher deductible plans for more out of pocket cost,

As a self employed person I found a plan for 640/mo. $2000 deductible with co I durance it's about $4500 out of pocket max per year. Had surgery last year total bill 88,000 for a week. I paid a touch over 3000. With out insurance I would still be paying it off. Insurance is one of those things you hate but love.

I just don't want the Govt involved I think the system is going to break and rates will go through the roof and we will all be stuck. The object of govt. is to collect in taxes and fees as much of our income as they can. If you add all the taxes and fees you pay now must of us are close to 60% of our income going to one tax or another.

SteveR, I am sympathetic to your problems with a system with flaws (no a flawed system).

When I was teaching 2006-09, a Colonoscopy was an out patient process, so the Florida Teachers insurance would pay $200 of the $1000. A check of the stomach would have been an additional operation and probably another $1000.

When I was living in Argentina 2010, I paid $250 a month for insurance that covered everything. The Colonoscopy cost me $10 for disposable plastic ware. While I was anesthetized they also checked the stomach and removed 3 pollops. Biopsy was negative, the dermatologist told me the next week since I was on a computerized system and he had full view of all my health records!

Perhaps we could look at other countries and be amazed that their health systems work and work well and emulate them. I have experienced two, Argentina, and Australia; the people seem pleased. Surly there are flaws in those systems and any thing in life.

Perhaps because we are such a divided country that half the people and their representatives do no want the system to work and work against it. Texas is one state that is very anti-Obama even to the point of talking succession from the union (again).

Regarding fear of "registration" well at birth I was registered, at 16 in order to work, I was registered with Social Security, and at 18 registered for the draft. I even have a federal number for my time in the service.

The only registration I hated was the loyalty oath required for a job prompted by the Ted Cruz of the era, Eugene McCarthy... me a Communist, hell no, I was too poor to even be a Capitalist!! Socialist, yes, I was educated in public schools, drove on public streets. All were socialist except for that toll bridge which was privately owned!!

I do hope for the good of our nation that ACA is successful. Do we want, for example, children who are type one diabetic to never have health insurance. Do we want to have an emergency and go to an emergency room filled with people who are there for routine primary care? No, and that is what Romney-care was designed to eliminate.

Steve I'm not sure that this is correct. It is true that some people are experiencing higher deductibles. I think it might be correct if the patient uses an out of network provider for their care. If the provider of medical services is in the network then it would work like this. I will use your example.
A patient needs an MRI. The facility doing the MRI is an IN-Network provider for the Patient's Insurance. What this means is the Provider agrees to accept the contracted Allowable payment for the MRI, NOT, the Retail Price. So if the provider Billed 3000 dollars for the MRI and the contracted allowable was 960 dollars, then the patient would be responsible for the 960 dollars if none of his/her deductible had been met. The 960 dollars would then be applied to the patient's deductible for the calendar year. This is usually explained on what's called the EOMB or Explanation of Medical Benefits the patient would receive from the Insurance company showing the Medical Provider's Charge, Insurance Allowable, and Patient's responsibility if any. This is how it used to work, I don't think it has changed.

I wonder if you would have felt this way if you were a shop worker, or factory worker or a domestic in the mid late 19th century when government was not involved and there were no safety nets for workers. Or were you in favor of 9 year old children of that era working in mills 12 a day, 6 days a week. For many willing to work during the Depression things were not much better. I guess you are also against the minimum wage. Why pay someone $7 per hour when it's cheaper to pay them $5. The free market is a wonderful thing but it can be as flawed as government intervention. Based on your sentiments I assume you will forego social security and medicare when you retire and live solely on your savings since these programs and well as many pension plans are the result of government interference in the free market.

I am going to alter my O.P. somewhat. After talking with a Blue Cross agent further, I have found that there are ppo plans with lower deductibles that cost in the $300-400 range for a 28 year old male. One deductible is as low as $1000. I believe, however, that we will stick with the $6000 deductible at $203/mo. We could pocket the savings and over time make up the difference in the deductible if needed. The other deductibles for the same cost factor (3-400) are $3000 and $3250. Each has its advantages.

I am going to alter my O.P. somewhat. After talking with a Blue Cross agent further, I have found that there are ppo plans with lower deductibles that cost in the $340-380 range for a 28 year old male. One deductible is as low as $1000. I believe, however, that we will stick with the $6000 deductible at $203/mo. We could pocket the savings and over time make up the difference in the deductible if needed. The other deductibles for the same cost factor (340-380) are $3000 and $3250. Each has its advantages.