I’m sure someone must have asked this already but I need help understanding. ...If Obamacare is officially a tax and you can only buy it from these private companies, are you paying a tax to a private company ?
No, the tax decision had to do with the amount you have to pay the IRS if you don’t have a policy. They were debating if that amount was a tax or a penalty (punishment). There were pitfalls for the government with both choices. They argued penalty before SCOTUS, and Chief Traitor Roberts ignored the government’s argument and retroactively turned it into a tax so it would be legal.
I’ll point the obvious out....if you are a former felon and did your time in prison, but now....cannot vote in an election...you are required to pay taxes without representation. This violates one of those silly Constitutional things that we often forget about. I would think that a felon required to buy health insurance now...would stand up and note that he can’t be required to buy into the health insurance...unless the state changes it’s election laws, or this is deemed not-a-tax. I can see Justice Roberts standing there....mostly grinning...as he goes 180-degrees....and says well now....this can’t be a tax. At that point, he’d have to be fired and sent off to retirement.