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It’s time to kill the ObamaCare penalty (Hope Trump Makes this Pledge)
New York Post ^ | September 5, 2016 | Betsy McCaughey

Posted on 09/08/2016 1:48:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

On Inauguration Day, the next president of the United States should suspend the penalty for being uninsured under ObamaCare.

President Obama promised his law would provide an array of affordable health plans. In 2017, consumers will get neither choice nor affordability. In nearly a third of the nation, only one insurer will offer coverage — that’s no choice at all. And insurance premiums are skyrocketing across the country.

ObamaCare is broken. Slapping ObamaCare refuseniks with hefty penalties (averaging almost $1,000) for not signing up would be unfair, like enforcing a parking ticket when the meter’s broken.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; hillaryclinton; obamacare
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I sure hope Trump pledges to kill the Obamacare penalty.
1 posted on 09/08/2016 1:48:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

He’s promised to repeal the whole thing


2 posted on 09/08/2016 1:50:34 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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Has anybody actually paid the penalty?


3 posted on 09/08/2016 1:52:33 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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KILL IT HELL, I WANT MY MONEY BACK!.......all $12,000 of it!

My Life Under The Affordable Care Act or My OBAMACARE DISASTER [Vanity]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3401341/posts


4 posted on 09/08/2016 1:52:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Donglalinger

My son did.


5 posted on 09/08/2016 1:56:34 PM PDT by tiki
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Fixed it for ya:

I sure hope Trump pledges to kill the Obamacare penalty.
6 posted on 09/08/2016 1:57:39 PM PDT by Zarro (Tune OUT the MSM. The enemy of our republic.)
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To: tiki

People need to use this “penalty” money for their own healthcare. It’s the worst thing ever.


7 posted on 09/08/2016 2:02:01 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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Yep, unconstitutional, no matter what Justice Roberts was told to think.


8 posted on 09/08/2016 2:04:07 PM PDT by Zarro (Tune OUT the MSM. The enemy of our republic.)
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I would like to see this question posed to BOTH candidates at the first debate: "Do you pledge to kill the Obamacare penalty."

Of course Trump would make the pledge because he has pledged to KILL Obamacare but imagine the spot Hillary would be in. If you kill the penalty you pretty much kill Obamacare so she can't make the pledge. Almost everybody facing that penalty would probably vote to NOT pay it.

9 posted on 09/08/2016 2:04:23 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Tell It, Skinner, about your Clinton Cash Payoff Money)
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It is part of the law. Of course, it hasn’t stopped Obama from changing the law unilaterally and without Congressional approval.


10 posted on 09/08/2016 2:09:03 PM PDT by kabar
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Wrong. He needs to kill Obamacare. Period. End of sentence. The penalties are neither here nor there in the scheme of socialist things. Kill the beast; don’t just trim its toenails to lessen its snarl.


11 posted on 09/08/2016 2:11:36 PM PDT by arthurus
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Huh? The whole damn enchilada is going away. Not just the penalty.


12 posted on 09/08/2016 2:15:11 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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good thinking


13 posted on 09/08/2016 2:17:49 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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If he doesn’t get a refund they can’t get their money,tell him to change his witholding


14 posted on 09/08/2016 2:21:33 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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End it, don’t “mend” it.

Trump should issue an executive order on Day 1 suspending all provisions of Obamacare, pending a thorough review of the harm it has done to the healthcare system of the U.S.


15 posted on 09/08/2016 2:23:28 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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What we need is a plan with all of the benefits of Obamacare (kids covered to 26, no total limit on claims, insurance companies must cover all pre-existing conditions without question, etc.) with none of the costs.

Isn't that they way that the administration, our elected representatives, and the Supreme Court agreed it should be?

Didn't they roll out all the benefits first and then only later roll out the costs to taxpayers and consumers?

If we get rid of the costs then all that will be left will be the benefits.

How wonderful that will be.

I also want the insurance companies to give me free ice cream every day, and a free heart bypass when I need it.

16 posted on 09/08/2016 2:24:58 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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Trump should issue an executive order on Day 1 suspending all provisions of Obamacare, pending a thorough review of the harm it has done to the healthcare system of the U.S.

Which would cause immense chaos and send us right into single payer. The insurance companies spent YEARS & MILLIONS of $$$ preparing for the launch of obunghole care. It won't - it can't - change overnight.

17 posted on 09/08/2016 2:26:43 PM PDT by dware (TRUMP/PENCE 2016!)
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I dunno, but I already face the prospect of being hit with the “Cadillac Tax” once that cuts in in 2018. Supposedly there is something like a 40% penalty tax if your premiums go over $27K. Obamacare has already driven my family premium from $19K to something around $30K (yes, I am one of the unfortunate few who gets to pay full freight to cover everyone else).

On top of that, I lost my doctor who last year gave the middle-finger to Obama and Obamacare and “retired,” writing a scathing letter to all his patients about how Obama and the Democrats have destroyed our healthcare system. And my care now is crap, I have to wait months to see a doctor.

Screwed up Obamacare is one reason I am voting Trump.


18 posted on 09/08/2016 2:28:06 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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Do you realize how scrwed up things are right now??? Healthcare is a shambles.


19 posted on 09/08/2016 2:29:01 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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Has anybody actually paid the penalty?

Yes, I have paid my PENALTY, as stated on my bill as "Shared Responsibility Payment". I have paid for my health insurance since I was 18 and since my divorce last year I do not have any because I now CAN NOT afford it since Obamacare was passed. I also ripped the door off the post office as I was leaving when I received my first "Penalty Bill"

20 posted on 09/08/2016 2:30:10 PM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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