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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Will IRS Bully People To Sign Up For Obamacare?

The individual mandate, Obamacare's requirement that all Americans have health insurance that includes "minimum essential coverage," has been in effect for two weeks now. No one has noticed because nothing has happened. But it will.

The mandate is the heart of Obamacare; without it, supporters believe, the system won't work. So the Obama administration hopes millions of Americans will voluntarily comply with the mandate and purchase government-approved coverage. If they don't do it voluntarily, they'll be punished.

Starting next year, the government will collect a penalty — the administration calls it a "shared responsibility payment" — from Americans who don't go along with the Obamacare edict. The penalty starts small — just $95 per adult and $47.50 per child this year — but could conceivably reach thousands of dollars per family per year once the fee scale is fully in effect.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's the law. Bully?? No.

Slavery was a law too said...

ha ha ha the law?

Anonymous said...

Hitler had the brown shirts, Obozo has the IRS.

Anonymous said...

I feel like I'm being bullied to sign up!

Anonymous said...

They have families, offices they can be followed from. Cars that will hide tracking devices, homes that may be subjected to scrutiny.

Anonymous said...

that's the obamascare

Anonymous said...

Stop saying it's only $95 a year.

If your income is past the threshold, it will cost more than that. I'm not talking wealth, just normal middle and working class stiffs.

Anonymous said...

Does a bear take a dump in the woods??? Does a fish pi$$ in his own drinking water.