Posted on 10/31/2012 10:42:30 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
In just 14 months, Americans will be required to prove that they have federally "qualified" health insurance or face an Obamacare tax of $695 to $2,085. That is unless you are in prison, below the poverty line, or are an undocumented immigrant, according to the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform.
When added together, those three groups total up to one-sixth of the nation's population of 314 million: 218,929 are in federal prisons, 12 million are illegals and 42 million are below the poverty line and eligible for welfare, though some fit into all three categories, according to federal reports.
ATR highlighted the groups eligible from the mandate to get health insurance in a mock Internal Revenue Service form they developed to show the extra paperwork Americans will be required to fill out once the full Obamacare law kicks in, January 2014. It is based on testimony from the IRS given in September that said, "taxpayers will file their tax returns reporting their health insurance coverage, and/or making a payment."
Based on other IRS requirements, ATR said that Americans will have to show that they have health insurance "qualified" by the Department of Health and Human Services. They will also have to disclose if they were covered by a qualifying plan during the year and for how long. And they could be subject to penalties and interest on unpaid Obamacare taxes for periods they were not covered.
Their mock form includes groups qualifying for exemptions from the Obamacare health insurance mandate and tax. "Classes of individuals who are exempt from the mandate include but are not limited to: those serving sentences in the federal penitentiary system; those persons not legally able to work in the U.S.; welfare recipients (since they are below the poverty line); and those qualifying for an HHS-granted religious exemption," said ATR, citing section 1501 of the Affordable Care Act that also exempts many others, including native Americans.
The anti-tax group had some fun with the mock tax form, calling theirs "Form OBMA."
Inaccurate. ALL Moslems (Obama’s religion)
and CONGRESS and their staff and mistresses are also exempt.
So much for “EQUAL UNDER THE LAW”.
Don’t forget the thousands of companies and organizations that happened to be in “preferred” house districts like Nancy Pelosi’s. Their donations to Nancy got them exempted from the law that she said everyone was so excited about.
Then there are the big companies like McDonalds that were smart enough to wait until just before the midterms to start talking about how many people they were going to have to dump off their insurance. They quickly got an exemption to shut them up.
I predict all this greed and back-room dealing will spell the end of Obamacare. Now that those that pushed the law through set the precedent, the next Republican president only has to exempt every organization, government, business and individual in the US from the law. After all, it’s only fair that we all get treated alike.
Many unions are also exempt.
It’s illegal to grant exemptions. A law, by the very nature of law, must apply to all persons.
This one exempts 0bama’s co-religionists, thus rendering the law invalid.
It is a blatant transfer of wealth from what 0bama thinks are White Christian oppressors to the oppressed.
Guess what? Millions of the oppressed will be put on Medicare, on our dime. This will make it impossible for the elderly to get medical care, but they’re old and will die anyway, so who the hell cares? (*S) /S
I thought the purpose of Obamacare was to make sure everyone has health insurance. /s
Thanks for the ping.
When added together, those three groups total up to one-sixth of the nation's population of 314 million: 218,929 are in federal prisons, 12 million are illegals and 42 million are below the poverty line and eligible for welfare, though some fit into all three categories, according to federal reports.
These are the same groups that get free cell phones - right?
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