Bella, it may not be so simple. Posts here have reported that the org is actively seeking couples for CO work who have some money already, that is, such ones are not poverty stricken. THEY would not be able to claim no funds to buy insurance. Furthermore, since Bethelites and traveling overseers have for years had the org pick up their medical care, then will Uncle Sam sit by and not take note of this? The idea of the law is for all to take responsibility for their own medical care, to pay into the system enough so that all can get care. One may think that the GB will want to just shunt this off the the government, but it's hard to imagine that Brumley and his legal staff have not discussed the legal implications of trying this with the GB. There would have to be repercussions to such a decision.
One factor is the religious opposers and "apostates" who will latch onto any perceived corruption of the org and try and bring it to some kind of public attention. Will they just sit back and miss this opportunity?
Moreover, we are talking about federal law here, and in the eyes of some, more importantly, tax dollars. There are already so many opponents to this law that one can only expect such political adversaries to be on the lookout for those who could reasonably pay their share but are not (think of how the welfare system is the USA has been radically revised from the 1980s on due to political infighting). Will they just sit by and say, "Well, this organization has a record of having paid thousands of dollars for years to take care of the medical needs of their ministers, but now they don't pay their share. Yep, we outsiders will gladly pick up the tab for them! JWs are so much appreciated for their preaching work, anyway."? Thus it is not something that, in the long run at least, can be so simply dismissed.
I'm just wondering if anyone has some insight or inside knowledge of the matter, that's all. We reguarly get info here from inside the org, even from HQ itself. Is some available on this matter?
