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Why Would Anyone Pay the Penalty for Being Uninsured?

10 months agoNews : Reason

A recent A.P. story about IRS enforcement of ObamaCare's individual health insurance mandate tax focuses on the personnel required but also mentions a point I made a few months before the Supreme Court upheld that provision (in a post headlined "If the Penalty for Uninsured Taxpayers Survives, Good Luck Collecting It"): If people decide not to buy he medical coverage the government thinks they should have, there is not much the government can do about it.
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Democrat Chairwoman: Just Because Obamacare Mandate Is Administered By The IRS Doesn’t Mean It’s A Tax

US Politics / Conservative : Say Anything Blog (11 months ago)

The Obamacare tax penalty for not buying health insurance may be administered by the IRS, and it may be assessed on your tax return, and the Supreme Court itself may have upheld the constitutionality of the mandate only because it i... Read Post

Defenders of Mandatory Health Insurance Provision Still Arguing That It’s Not a Purchase Requirement

News : Reason (last year)

Obamacare’s requirement to purchase health insurance -- the individual mandate? It doesn’t really compel anyone into commerce. That’s what the government is still claiming in its defense of the mandate, anyway.   During Supreme Cour... Read Post

Here's What ObamaCare's Individual Mandate Tax Form Could Look Like

News : Reason (7 months ago)

Barring repeal, ObamaCare's individual mandate will kick into effect in 2014. Under the provision, judged legal as a tax by the Supreme Court earlier this year, anyone who doesn't maintain qualifying health insurance will eventually... Read Post


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