Posted on 03/14/2015 8:23:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance will get a second chance to sign up starting Sunday, and that could ease the sting of rising penalties for being uninsured.
But as the enrollment window reopens, it’s unclear how many know about the time-limited opportunity, let alone will take advantage of it.
Fines payable to the IRS are the stick behind the offer of taxpayer-subsidized private insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Virtually everyone in the country is now required to have coverage through an employer or a government program, or by buying individual policies.
This is the first year fines are being collected from uninsured people the government deems able to afford coverage. …
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Buying health insurance anytime of year, when will this be Discovered ? Oh wait can I Patent it ?
Fines payable to the IRS.
Sounds like a Mafia insurance company oh wait.
“Fines payable to the IRS are the stick behind the offer of taxpayer-subsidized private insurance”
All we get is the stick. There is no “carrot” until I pay out $13,000! I STILL will not comply.
I’m still waiting for enrollment periods to be challenged in court. This is typically how insurance worked in the past, but now it’s different since it’s required.
Can you imagine the state mandating you have a driver’s license and car registration, but you only have one month in the year to get it?
Doesn’t fly does it?
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