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• James E.July 18, 2012 - 11:25 pm

  Mr. Knutson, if you would just support Medicard for All, none of this would be necessary. May we count on your support?

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• explanationJuly 20, 2012 - 6:23 am

  Mr. Knutson: I believe the ACA will work like RomneyCare does in Massachusetts. When tax time comes, your insurance provider sends you a form verifying that you have insurance. If you file online, you simply have to put down the name of your insurer and the number you'll find on the form you're sent. Ditto for paper filers. It takes about one minute of your time. No Big Brother. No sweat!

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• Dink LaneJuly 20, 2012 - 12:50 pm

  My money says, Mr. Knutson has some sort of Health Care and a Social Security Number already. I'll even bet he files his income tax also --> He's already in the system... Right? Big Brother already has your number, Mr. Knutson .... and I bet that all happened BEFORE Obama became President.

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• Steven ThompsonJuly 24, 2012 - 7:13 pm

  Thank you so much for sharing this very informational article about these matters. It surely will help us who eventually are into that case/situation. I have also read your other posts and I was so thankful because you took an effort in sharing this to us when in fact you could just keep these helpful facts for yourself. Thank you =)

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• Linnette DrummondJuly 27, 2012 - 5:37 am

  This is a very interesting post since most people are really confused about this matter and having it discussed here in your site is a great idea for people to be aware of this issue. You have definitely helped alot of people who are in this part of process. Thanks ;)

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• Edward GilletteAugust 25, 2012 - 6:56 am

  I totally agree with you. You’ve definitely had my point as well. It’s like you’ve read my mind. I was even planning to write quite similar post like this to share with the public especially to those who are also interested with this matter. Great post! Now, I’m left with only subscribing to your post and reading all of your writings. Thank you for this very informative and helpful post. 

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• Thompson, Drummond, GillettaAugust 25, 2012 - 11:27 am

  What have you got to hide Mr. Knutson? What’s the harm? Privacy rights have already been eroded. Under a previous Republican administration the SSA disclosed Social Security numbers to the private sector until public outrage halted the activity in 1989. Much of our lives is recorded in data files - where and when we travel, what Web sites we visit, what ails us, what we buy, when we pay our bills. Standardization of driver's license security features and sharing with federal agencies and state law enforcement, makes the driver's license a de facto national identity card. The use of the Social Security number (SSN) has expanded significantly since its inception in 1936. Created merely to keep track of the earnings history of U.S. workers for Social Security entitlement and benefit computation purposes, it has come to be used as a nearly universal identifier. But that’s not what you should fear Mr. Knutson, under George W. Bush a National ID card was proposed, much like the one the Third Reich in Nazi Germany used which enabled the racial categorization of Jews by requiring them to carry such an ID card. To put it simply Mr. Knutson, the Health Care plan use of your Social Security number doesn’t start a new column, it just adds to your existing column and many if not most of the IRS agents already exist and are just assigned new duties.

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