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Uninsured next year? Here's your Obamacare penalty
cnn ^ | August 13, 2013: 10:01 AM ET | Tami Luhby

Posted on 08/18/2013 7:52:07 PM PDT by Red Steel

To try to ensure that people sign up for coverage, the Affordable Care Act carries complex penalties for those who remain uninsured that could cost them hundreds, or even thousands of dollars. Some 6 million people could be hit with these fines in 2016, forking $7 billion over to the federal government, according to the Congressional Budget Office. ...

Here's how the penalties will work:

Uninsured adults will either pay a flat fee for themselves and their children or pay a share of their income, whichever is greater. ...

Not every uninsured person will be subject to the penalty, however. In fact, 80% of the 30 million Americans expected to lack coverage in 2016 will be exempt from the mandate, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Among those exempted include: undocumented immigrants, Native Americans and those who earn too little to file tax returns. Also, people who would have to pay more than 8% of their income for health insurance and poor adults who live in states that are not expanding Medicaid also aren't subject to the penalty. The uninsured can also file for hardship exemptions.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; obamacare; zerocare
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1 posted on 08/18/2013 7:52:07 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

If I sign up will I get 3 years of Viagra ahead of time....


2 posted on 08/18/2013 7:57:30 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Red Steel

And the Mob will continue to raise the penalty every year. Rich Senators should not be able to pass legislation for peoples substanlly poorer than they are.


3 posted on 08/18/2013 7:57:54 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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undocumented immigrants...”

Ad on TV in Houston area today about Medicaid CHIP policy for kids for $150.00 per year. I can almost guarantee you that there is no or very little background checking done to make sure that they qualify. Covers services provided by doctors, dentists and for vision. B>S>!!!


4 posted on 08/18/2013 7:59:17 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Red Steel

Family income gross or net? before or after taxes?


5 posted on 08/18/2013 8:04:46 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: rovenstinez

I lost my birth certificate. Does that make me undocumented?


6 posted on 08/18/2013 8:04:49 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: rovenstinez

I lost my birth certificate. Does that make me undocumented?


7 posted on 08/18/2013 8:04:53 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: Red Steel

Americans are exempt from commie-care.


8 posted on 08/18/2013 8:06:24 PM PDT by Ray76 (Common sense immigration reform: Enforce Existing Law)
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To: Red Steel

Take it out of my .......


9 posted on 08/18/2013 8:10:26 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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The “good” news is that 2016 none of us will have any income...


10 posted on 08/18/2013 8:11:54 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Red Steel

Does anyone know how it will affect people eligible for VA hospital benefits?


11 posted on 08/18/2013 8:18:39 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: Red Steel

The 2016 penalty is still way less than insurance.


12 posted on 08/18/2013 8:22:22 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Red Steel

Seems like this may be the straw that finally breaks the Washingtonians back.


13 posted on 08/18/2013 8:23:38 PM PDT by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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What VA hospital benefits? BHO2 is abolishing veterans benefits, don’t ‘cha know!


14 posted on 08/18/2013 8:26:25 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OFCITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: Red Steel

Gee... I thought it was FREE.


15 posted on 08/18/2013 8:28:48 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Red Steel

Add that to the 2% Payroll tax.

Gee this is swell.


16 posted on 08/18/2013 8:30:46 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Red Steel

obamacare has a lot of things in it that we don’t want. We’re just now finding out the feds can go into your home anytime they want. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a clause in there somewhere giving obama the right to confiscate firearms. And another clause giving the feds the right to watch you through yout TV.

Stossel said your cell phone and laptops can be turned into listening devices. Can be? They already are. A few weeks back my wife and I were talking about buying something that we’ve never bought before. The next time I went online a pop up ad came up for that item. No kidding.


17 posted on 08/18/2013 8:34:41 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (When you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil.)
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To: luvbach1

I’d like to know the same thing. And what about medicare? Both are considered insurance.

Of course once they get single payer EVERYONE will be going to the VA.


18 posted on 08/18/2013 8:37:17 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (When you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil.)
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To: Red Steel
...Also, people who would have to pay more than 8% of their income for health insurance and poor adults who live in states that are not expanding Medicaid also aren't subject to the penalty.

So do I get to "shop" for a Cadiolac Plan to make myself exempt?

19 posted on 08/18/2013 8:48:23 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

That’s Cadillac.... smartphone meets fat fingaz.


20 posted on 08/18/2013 8:50:28 PM PDT by Rodamala
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