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If you have no income, then the insurance is free under Medicaid. Even if it isn't (the state by state rules for Medicaid are weird, and I won't swear there aren't some states where the literally zero income folks are somehow not eligible), anyone with income below the tax filing threshold isn't subject to the mandate, nor is anyone who would have to pay more than 8% of household income per person. It's exactly like income tax in that way; if you don't earn, you don't owe.

The AC is wrong. This does have to do with the US government, per the reply by AthanasiusKircher (1333179).

But this is not a tax, it is merely money that a company or individual is compelled by the government to pay. Big difference.

Based on the recent SCOTUS ruling on the ACA, it seems that these kinds of mandatory fees may indeed be considered taxes. See http://obamacarefacts.com/supr... under "Supreme Court Ruling: A Tax not a Mandate"

Whoosh?

They didn't stop telecoms from merging either.

U.S. Moves to Block Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile
T-Mobile Antitrust Challenge Gives AT&T Little Recourse

They didn't stop any of the airline or bank mergers that we have seen since 2009.

US government seeks to block American-US Airways merger
U.S., Filing Suit, Moves to Block Airline Merger

They didn't reign in the massive control that the insurance industry has over the consumer (indeed they gave the industry more power)

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN AND PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN OF MID-MICHIGAN ABANDON MERGER PLANS: Decision to Abandon Deal Follows Justice Department's Decision to Challenge the Acquisition
The Minimum Standards all Health Insurance Plans Sold on and Off the Exchange
Federal Insurance Office Act"
the 2010 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

This seems highly unlikely given the pro-monopoly stance that...

U.S. Moves to Block Merger of 2 Theater Ad Companies
FTC Sues To Block Sysco-US Foods Merger
U.S. Sues to Block Big Beer Merger
3M Drops Avery Dennison Unit Buyout Amid Antitrust Worry

etc

Since you apparently don't know, the exchange actually tells you how much of your cost is getting subsidized. The amount is $0 for my fiance.

If your fiance could not afford to pay the cost of insurance before, then she was in a high-risk group where the insurance company could not afford to pay her potential claims unless she paid a higher rate. If she has insurance now that she can afford, then you know that she's being subsidized somehow.

Here's the definition of "subsidy" as used by the exchange:

Subsidies are "subsidized" by the federal government and are paid for through taxes.

So, while you think you are "paying your way", and while you aren't getting a tax credit or other federal subsidy, your fiance truly is being subsidized by all the lower risk participants in her plan. Just because the taxpayers as a whole aren't subsidizing her healthcare, a lot of other people are. That includes the guy whose rates went up because of ACA who thinks you owe him a "thank you".

Easily
http://obamacarefacts.com/obam...

You do realize that one thing that the ACA (aka Obamacare) does is take the teeth out of pre existing clauses, do you not? Or are you too busy ranting and raving to actually look at the real world?

claiming Obama was cutting Medicare whereas he (Romney) would not. If that's not a show of popular support, nothing is.

Obama DID cut Medicare - Obamacare does just that very thing ("The ObamaCare Medicare cuts are estimated at $716 billion"). It wasn't just a claim, it was a recital of fact.