Posted on 10/07/2013 10:22:02 PM PDT by i88schwartz
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius defended Obamacare in a very contentious interview with Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night.
Stewart pressed Sebelius on why businesses get a one-year delay on Obamacare but individuals do not. After several attempts for an answer, Sebelius eventually said individuals could delay Obamacare for a year -- by paying the penalty.
JON STEWART: So this is what some would consider the first mall that's been created [for purchasing health care insurance].
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: You bet. The first -- new rules for companies.
STEWART: So why is it that individuals, though, couldn't say that they didn't want to do it just for a year, like business?
SEBELIUS: Well, they can.
STEWART: Oh, they --
SEBELIUS: They'd pay a fine. They'd pay a fine at the end of the year, but they don't have to -- I mean, they can say I didn't want to do it. The theory is they can't pick and choose if they're going to get hit by a bus or diagnosed with a illness. For a lot of young folks, there is one fall on the basketball court, one auto accident from a lifetime of hospital bills they can't pay.
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Giving them a year to fill any void in there workforce to fill with non-citizens.
Wait a minute, Kathleen...
Isn't one of the provisions of Obamacare that it pays for pre-existing conditions"? If that is true, why can't I wait to sign up when I fall, have an accident or have a stroke?
That’s mighty affordable of them.
b) According to the law the IRS can only take it from a refund they owe you.
To quote The Great One, “I hope there’s a million people like you.”
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