Convert to being Amish or Muslim to get out of the mandatory Health Care Law

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Health insurance is going to be compulsory for all companies and associations in our country. The insurance company will not have direct relationship with companies or associations, as there will be brokers in between, this is also compulsory.

The question is: What is the ruling on working for these brokers? Its role is basically introducing offers to companies and individuals and dealing with claims.

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: Health insurance is haraam like other types of commercial insurance, because it is based on ambiguity, ******** and riba (usury). This is what is stated in fatwas by the senior scholars. See the answer to question no. 39474 and 4210.

In Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (15/277) there is a quotation of a statement of the Council of Senior Scholars concerning the prohibition on insurance and why it is haraam...

So Muslims will be exempted from mandatory coverage, just like the Amish, Christian Scientists, inter alia.

From pages 273-4 of the now ****** Senate bill (a pdf file):

18 (5) EXEMPTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

—In the case of an individual who is seeking an exemption certificate under section 1311(d)(4)(H) from any requirement or penalty imposed by section 5000A, the following information:

(A) In the case of an individual seeking exemption based on the individual’s status as a member of an exempt religious sect or division, as a member of a health care sharing ministry, as an Indian, or as an individual eligible for a hardship exemption, such information as the Secretary shall prescribe.

By the way, if these groups can get an exemption on the grounds of their personal beliefs — why can’t Catholics, especially as this bill allows for the federal funding of abortions?

Indeed, shouldn’t everyone who doesn’t approve of abortion or any of the other provisions of the bill be exempted no matter what their official religion?

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For at least the Amish and the Muslims it goes against their religious beliefs for their own reasons. However many other nationally recognized and CONSTITUTIONALLY protected religious beliefs cannot be ****** or it is one way or the other going to be sparking wildfire of legal battles and bringing in the constitution about rights and being protected by the constitution.

Mark Tushnet a Harvard law professor points out, "Here the statute is going to say that people who are conscientiously opposed to paying for health insurance don't have to do it where the conscientious objection arises from religion ... And that's perfectly constitutional."