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No problem. Just a good thing I don't have to pay that tax if I decided not to, without consequence.
No Consequence - unless you plan to get a mortgage, rent an apartment, finance a car or other purchase, etc. Because not paying the tax wont lead to any criminal penalties, but it will lead to a lien for unpaid taxes, and your credit rating will be shot.
You mean pull an Obama and simply refuse to enforce the law? Not a smart move. Congress enacts, changes, or repeals all laws, not Presidents. If there is a provision within the law that gives the President the authority to grant waivers, that would be a much better approach. The President is merely exercising the power granted to him by Congress with regard to the law.
One thing is absolutely certain, this will bring a great many conservatives to the polls in Nov. that would not normally have shown up otherwise.
Says the guy from Wasilla...hmm.
You mean pull a GOP don't you? Which will have far more pull for non-voters who are tired of the GOP blocking all congressional bills sponsored by the Dems and supported by Obama. The writing is on the wall as to what the GOP has been up to and even the dimmest of wits should by now have figured that out.
Not it won't. We live in the same state. They can continue to opt out. That just means those people will have to pay the penalty and does NOT mean they can get insurance. Like I said before, the left shouldn't celebrate just yet.
Think you misinterpreted the medicaid expansion ruling. It just means states can opt out of the "required" new benefits and not receive the new medicaid dollars. Before it was states that opt out lose ALL medicaid dollars. SC just reigned that in a little bit saying government can't take all the money, but can withold new money provided with the new law.
Bottom line, if it is tax, you'll pay it, like every other tax, or face the current tax evasion like laws.
So do I and this decision means they can continue to do that. What does that mean? Well, if you're in that state and can't get insurance, you have to pay the penalty. Such a weird decision. Upheld but struck down the part that forced the states to comply. In essence, Obamacare only was possible by making the states create these exchanges where people could get insurance that couldn't any other way. That part was struck down (part where Fed could withhold Medicare funds if states didn't make these exchanges). However, the part of having to either buy insurance or pay the penalty was upheld. What does this mean? If your state opts out and you can't get insurance, you will NOT get insurance. You will, however, be forced to pay the tax (e.g. the penalty).
Great Explanation! And once again, proving this decision is a mess.
The fact that the health care law is constitutional as a TAX, which the left adamantly denied, will bite the democrats hard during the election process.
We will see many workers between 50-65 quit their jobs starting Jan 2014. They were keeping these jobs ONLY for access to health insurance. They will be able to buy the insurance starting in 2014. They have the money to buy it.
We will see many workers of all ages quit their jobs to start small businesses starting in 2014. They wanted to start these businesses for some time but stayed in their current jobs for access to health insurance. Starting in 2014, they can start a small business AND have access health insurance.
With those folks above quitting their jobs, it will open these jobs to other workers.
This is so true but it never was talked about. We are back America!
"In 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance and decrease the cost of health care. One key provision is the individual mandate, which requires most Americans to maintain “minimum essential” health insurance coverage. 26 U. S. C. §5000A. For individuals who are not exempt, and who do not receive health insurance through an employer or government program, the means of
satisfying the requirement is to purchase insurance from a private company. Beginning in 2014, those who do not comply with the mandate must make a “[s]hared responsibility payment” to the Federal Government. §5000A(b)(1). The Act provides that this “penalty” will be paid to the Internal Revenue Service with an individual’s taxes, and “shall be assessed and collected in the same manner” as tax penalties. §§5000A(c), (g)(1)."
Basically what this is saying is for those who are not exempt from said coverage and do NOT have coverage through either an employer or the government need to have a private insurance policy which as of right now the lowest one for a single individual is roughly $104 a month. If those people fail to do so (ergo forego having any type of insurance), they then become subject to the shared responsibility payment. Therefore if you HAVE insurance, this payment don't apply to you. If you do not and choose to stick your nose up at the government and do not obtain insurance, it then will apply to you.
If you are a person with means to obtain and choose not to, you should be charged as the taxpayers get charged when these same individuals show up in emergency rooms without insurance and don't pay.
And all people that breath end up at a doctor's office sooner or later and you should have coverage so the rest of us don't have to cover your cheapness.
Everyone eats also. Should there be a mandate that we buy into FoodCare?
Personal responsibility - you might want to try it.
Think you misinterpreted the medicaid expansion ruling. It just means states can opt out of the "required" new benefits and not receive the new medicaid dollars. Before it was states that opt out lose ALL medicaid dollars. SC just reigned that in a little bit saying government can't take all the money, but can withold new money provided with the new law.
Bottom line, if it is tax, you'll pay it, like every other tax, or face the current tax evasion like laws.
Yeah but that was the 'teeth' that forced states to set up the exchanges. Supposedly, the exchanges are the only way some people could get insurance. If you're in a state that opts out and you can't get insurance any other way and do not qualify for Medicare, then the only option for you is to pay the penalty. In essence, this does NOT guarantee health insurance.
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Judge Roberts made his decision,now let him enforce it.
