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The Old Order Amish do not typically carry private commercial health insurance. [138] [139] A handful of American hospitals, starting in the mid-1990s, created special outreach programs to assist the Amish. In some Amish communities, the church will collect money from its members to help pay for medical bills of other members. [133]
An organizer estimates 200 community members shuttled about 26,000 people from Amish weddings to the polls to vote for the Republican nominee.
In 1961, the United States Internal Revenue Service announced that since the Amish refuse Social Security benefits and have a religious objection to insurance, they do not need to pay these taxes. In 1965, this policy was codified into law. [ 36 ]
(The Center Square) – The Amish vote received significant attention throughout the 2024 election cycle as Republican activists worked to mobilize the traditionally low-turnout group. As the ...
This theory has been extended by people who oppose other aspects of government funding. A few have refused to pay taxes on the grounds that some government health spending goes to institutions that provide abortions. [10] A number of Amish people refused to pay taxes for government social insurance programs on conscientious grounds (see below).
Most Amish don't vote, but every vote matters in a swing state. But while such efforts could yield an increase, don't expect the Amish vote to dramatically swing the Keystone State's bottom line, said Steven Nolt, director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County.
Supporters of Donald Trump’s campaign have employed an unorthodox tactic to secure additional votes – forming a super PAC to mobilize Amish voters.
The tax imposed on employers to support the Social Security System does not violate the Free Exercise Clause due to its need to be uniformly applicable and its accomplishment of an overriding governmental interest. Court membership; Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White