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IRS could tap refunds for health insurance penalties

Reuters ^ | 04/06/10

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:55:28 AM by NativeNewYorker

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service could tap individual tax returns to collect fines against people who fail to buy health insurance as required under recently enacted healthcare legislation, the U.S. tax commissioner said on Monday.

IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund

The Daily Caller ^ | 04/06/10 | Gautham Nagesh

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:58:32 AM by Blonde

Individuals who don’t purchase health insurance may lose their tax refunds according to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. After acknowledging the recently passed health-care bill limits the agency’s options for enforcing the individual mandate, Shulman told reporters that the most likely way to penalize individuals that don’t comply is by reducing or confiscating their tax refunds.

If you don’t buy health insurance you lose your tax refund

Liberty and Pride ^ | April 6, 2010 | Conservative American

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:58:04 AM by csd

IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said yesterday that the IRS will confiscate or reduce any individuals tax refund if they do not purchase health insurance.

IRS Looking Into Tapping Into Refunds For Health Insurance Penalties

http://annem040359.wordpress.com/ ^ | April 6, 2010 | annem040359

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:04:12 PM by Biggirl

This comes to me as no surprise, the IRS now getting creative with enforcing the new healthcare reform bill. From Reuters, the IRS is looking at tapping into income tax refunds, in order to collect any fines from people who refuse to buy health insurance.

Poll news for Nevada's Democrat Harry Reid: 62% there don't like incumbents or the healthcare bill

Los Angeles Times ^ | April 5, 2010

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:58:15 AM by Zakeet

Edited on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:01:57 AM by Admin Moderator. [history]

A new state poll of Nevadans out Monday from Rasmussen Reports confirms what has become increasingly clear in recent weeks: American voters are angry about numerous things and their prime targets of opportunity in 2010 are incumbents.

Does Anybody Really Understand ObamaCare?

The American Thinker ^ | April 06, 2010 | Peter Wilson

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:00:12 AM by Scanian

Since the passage of the Health Care Reform Bill, the Democrat leadership has embarked on a strategy of demonizing its opponents as angry, potentially violent racists. Charles M. Blow developed a new line of attack in his New York Times column last weekend, with an argument based on a recent Pew Research Council poll: Republicans don't understand ObamaCare, so they have no right to criticize it.

What Was Obamacare Really About?

TOWNHALL.com ^ | April 5, 2010 | Byron York

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31:52 AM by Cindy

It hasn't attracted much notice, but recently some prominent advocates of Obamacare have spoken more frankly than ever before about why they supported a national healthcare makeover. It wasn't just about making insurance more affordable. It wasn't just about bending the cost curve. It wasn't just about cutting the federal deficit. It was also about redistributing wealth.

Health reform is "an income shift," Democratic Sen. Max Baucus said on March 25. "It is a shift, a leveling, to help lower-income, middle-income Americans."

Doing the Dow Math on Obamacare

The Street.com ^ | April 5, 2010 | Lauren Tara LaCapra

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:18:24 AM by Need4Truth

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Several major companies have already outlined first-quarter charges related to Obamacare, so we used these figures as a guide then dredged through annual filings to give investors our best estimate of other firms' exposure.

Congressional over reaching 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act might shoot Obamacare in the heart

The Collins Report ^ | April 6, 2010 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:14:09 AM by jmaroneps37

When a San Antonio high school senior was arrested for bring a .38 handgun to school in 1992 a chain of events started that some legal scholars believe will end up shooting down Obamacare. The kid’s conduct violated a relatively new law making the possession of a gun in a school a federal crime over and above any state law.

Who Will Be Your Health Care Provider? (We don't have enough medical professionals to meet demands)

American Thinker ^ | 04/06/2010 | David S. Van Dyke

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:37:39 AM by SeekAndFind

Although the dust is still settling since the passage of ObamaCare, it's not too early to start thinking about who will be providing your health care a few years from now. More specifically, who will be the practitioners who actually provide your health care services?

ObamaCare Creating Jobs... In India

Yahoo News ^

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:41:13 AM by TigerBait

Mumbai – With 22 pen strokes, President Obama signed into existence not just a historic healthcare reform law but also monumental piles of paperwork: New member registration forms. More claims. Ever-expanding databases. And on top of that, pressure to cut costs. The bulge in administrative work may look like a nightmare to American insurance firms and government employees. But to outsourcing executives here in India, it’s heaven-sent. A number of Indian companies are already anticipating an increase in workload thanks to Obama's healthcare law.

More Patients? ObamaCare Will Make It Up On Volume

IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 4/5/2010 | David Hogberg

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:47:24 AM by Slyscribe

Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., explained why people were upset over ObamaCare this way, “They just didn’t understand how we could save money on this by adding more people to the system.”

Sounds like Walz is making a withdrawal from SNL's Change Bank, somehow producing profits from "volume."

Hidden public option in Obamacare

Liberty and Pride ^ | April 6, 2010 | Conservative American

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:11:06 AM by csd

Does the recently passed health care reform legislation contain a public health insurance option? Simply put, no. Does it contain a confusingly worded work-around that will allow the federal government to issue public funds for what will essentially amount to a public option? You betcha!

SEC. 2704. PROHIBITION OF PREEXISTING CONDITION EXCLUSIONS ...BASED ON HEALTH STATUS.

Health Care Bill Law H. R. 3590 ^ | March 2010 | Congress, Obama

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:28:35 PM by mbarker12474

Scam artists are taking advantage of new health care law, Obama administration warns

StarTribune.com ^ | 4/6/10 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:04:39 PM by ButThreeLeftsDo

Scam artists are taking advantage of the new health insurance law to peddle phony policies.

Health and Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is warning state officials about a proliferation of scams involving phony health insurance policies. Federal investigators are also on the lookout.

Health Care Freedom Amendment Petitioners Ready to Roll

Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 3/30/2010 | Tom Gantert

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:04:43 PM by MichCapCon

MUSLIMS GET TO OPT OUT OF OBAMACARE

Social Security Institute ^ | April 4, 2010 | Larry Hunter

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:51:20 PM by lward99

CHRISTIANS AND JEWS NEED NOT APPLY FOR THE MUSLIM EXEMPTION TO OBAMACARE

Dem. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz Faces ObamaCare Opponents at Town Hall - Video 4/5/10

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | April 6, 2010 | Brian

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:21:01 PM by Federalist Patriot

Committees Formed by Obamacare Law

Email | Congress

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:10:32 PM by Sen Jack S. Fogbound

President Obama signed the government takeover of healthcare into law. Below is a list of new boards and commissions created in the bill:

ObamaCare’s Future, In Massachusetts Today

IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 4/6/2010 | David Hogberg

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:45:35 PM by Slyscribe

Supporters of ObamaCare often argue that the new health care law is a lot like Massachusetts’ reforms. But that program increasingly is running into problems with costs and Bay Staters are becoming craftier about gaming the system.

Health Insurers Stop Writing Policies For Some

Boston Globe ^ | April 6, 2010 | Robert Weisman

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:05:21 PM by Jim Noble

Most Massachusetts health insurers have temporarily halted writing new policies for individuals and small businesses through a state-sponsored broker, according to a notice posted today on the website of the Massachusetts Health Connector.

Video: Wasserman-Shulz Says That ObamaCare Doesn't Require You To Buy Insurance

Her townhall meeting ^ | 4/5/10 | Debbie Wasserman-Shulz

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:10:50 PM by careyb

Sebelius: ObamaCare Lawsuits Are About GOP Careers Not Constitution

Breitbart.TV ^

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:46:54 PM by Pacothecat

MN AG will file briefs defending the federal mandate in ObamaCare

Hot Air ^ | April 6, 2010 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:50:26 PM by lowbridge

Health insurers sue state (Claim that capping insurance premiums is illegal)

www.bostonherald.com ^ | Christine McConville | Christine McConville

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 7:01:51 PM by GOPsterinMA

The state’s six health insurers filed suit yesterday against Massachusetts Division of Insurance Commissioner Joseph G. Murphy, saying he acted illegally when he told insurers to charge many of their customers the same premiums they did last year - effectively capping rates.

AG: Gibbons overstepped with plan to sue over health reform

Las Vegas Sun ^ | Tuesday, April 6, 2010 | 8:17 a.m. | By Sun Staff

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 7:49:25 PM by redreno

Gov. Jim Gibbons announced a plan today to have Nevada join a federal lawsuit to block health care reform. Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto fired back this afternoon, saying she could take action to stop the governor.

AUDIO: Origin of Rep. Carson's racism accusation toward health care protesters

Washington Times-Water Cooler ^ | 4/6/10 | Kerry Picket

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:45:13 PM by paltz

On March 20, Rep. Andre Carson, an Indiana Democrat, first told reporters that health care protesters outside the Capitol hurled racial slurs at fellow Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia. Mr. Carson came off the House floor and told reporters his story about health care protesters hurling racial slurs during their walk from the Cannon Building to the chambers.

David Freddoso: Five things we learned about Obamacare after it passed

Wash Examiner ^ | 4/7/10 | David Frederroso

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:21:12 PM by pissant

"[W]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., famously said that about President Obama's health care reform package. She was right. We are just finding out what was contained within that Obamacare law that Obama signed weeks ago.

Here are five things we've learned so far:

Injunction sought to halt 'Obamacare'

WND ^ | 4/6/10 | Bob Unruh

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:31:00 PM by pissant

A legal team of experts on civil liberties and human rights is asking a federal court in Michigan to grant a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation of the "individual mandate" in "Obamacare," warning that if imposed, it effectively will destroy the nation.

Utah legislators delay action on feds HIV grant due to reform concerns (ObamaCare don't cover AIDS)

Deseret News ^ | 4/6/10 | Bob Bernick

Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:36:53 PM by pissant

Utah GOP legislative leaders' animosity toward any federal health care reform has put in limbo a longtime federal grant that helps pay for drugs and other services for Utahns who are extremely ill or terminal with HIV/AIDS.

Gurnee family wins $29.1 million in medical malpractice lawsuit (against federal government)

dailyherald.com ^ | April 5, 2010 | Russell Lissau |

Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 10:10:25 PM by Free ThinkerNY

A Gurnee family has won a $29.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against the federal government, attorneys said Monday.

The verdict benefits Christian Arroyo, a 6-year-old boy who suffered brain damage at birth and now is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. He was delivered in May 2003 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.