I am looking into a few Christian Ministry Health Care/Share options. Never been enrolled in one. Any Freepers had any experiences?
I have a doctor in a different state from my home state who is a specialist. Unlikely I will have to see him again, but he is one of the few or only ones capable/certified to handle what he previously fixed, if it arises again. I am happy to pay his fee directly, as last time. Worth every cent. I don’t fit into the ACA matrix h***.
Bump for later today. This looks like a very interesting article. Thanks!
The author doesn’t have a medical degree.
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Maybe $95 if you are single.
The cost of the penalty is $95 or a percentage of your total FAMILY income (which ever is GREATER).
The penalty is not “$95”, it’s considerably more complicated than that, and it increases in 2015 and 2016.
It’s explained well here:
https://www.bcbsri.com/BCBSRIWeb/pdf/Individual_Mandate_Fact_Sheet.pdf
It is insane that we should have to play games with our government in order to purchase what used to be readily available.
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I’m probably going to join Samaritan ministries when my plan runs out
This is a lie from the pit of hell! It is $95 or 1% of your income the first year, whichever is greater, and then increases the next year.
"Penalties start in 2014 for those failing to purchase health insurance under the new Affordable Care Act. The fines will start as low as $95 per year for an individual, or 1 percent of a person’s income. By 2016 the individual penalty will rise to $695 or 2.5 percent of income, whichever is higher, unless the individual meets a poverty test or is on Medicaid. This is the “individual mandate” upheld in 2012 by the Supreme Court as a tax, meaning the IRS will collect any penalties."
http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts/pull-over-maam-and-lets-see-that-policy-please
Example: If you make $40,000, you pay $400 the first year as a tax. This tax increases to $1000 in year 2016.
Thanks John Roberts!
I’ve gone Amish.
Under the law, you will be granted a hardship exemption from the penalty if you receive a notice of utility shutoff.
Wait one month to pay your light bill until you get a shutoff notice. Viola! You, my friend, are exempt from paying the penalty. Rinse, Repeat with every January utility bill.
Is anyone going to either cancel existing insurance or refuse to buy a policy simply because of the ACA? I somewhat understand young single people playing illness roulette and opting not to buy insurance and paying the fine, but older people and families deciding to ‘stick it to the man’ and wade into life without health insurance.....nuts.
What about patriotic seniors, should they dump their govt medical coverage on principle?
The only way the IRS can collect the Obamacare “TAX” (not penalty) is to hold it out of your tax refund. If you make sure you aren’t due a refund, there is no way for them to collect it!
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Here is the article that was posted to FR a week or so ago.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3100790/posts
BFLR !
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