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Sebelius: Individuals Can Get A One Year Obamacare Delay -- By Paying The Penalty
RealClearPolitics ^ | October 7, 2013 | RealClearPolitics

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iwillnotcomply; jonstewart; kathleensebelius; obamacare; sebelius; tarandfeathers
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To: Vendome

Giving them a year to fill any void in there workforce to fill with non-citizens.


41 posted on 10/08/2013 5:20:36 AM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: i88schwartz
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.

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?

42 posted on 10/08/2013 6:49:24 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: i88schwartz

That’s mighty affordable of them.


43 posted on 10/08/2013 6:59:02 AM PDT by xp38
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To: savedbygrace
a) I don't have a bank account.

b) According to the law the IRS can only take it from a refund they owe you.

44 posted on 10/08/2013 1:28:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: conservative98; AllAmericanGirl44

To quote The Great One, “I hope there’s a million people like you.”


45 posted on 10/08/2013 7:33:23 PM PDT by mbennett203 ("Bulrog, a tough brute ninja who has dedicated his life to eradicating the world from hippies.")
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