[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Obama doesn’t care about the average American.

Marxists never do!

[servantboy777]

We still have an IRS....why?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Meanwhile, Boehner says Obamacare is “the law of the land” rather than fight this POS legislation 24/7. The GOP is dead. They can’t even wage a logical, factual, effective debate on policy when the opponent is dead.

Does anyone know where Boehner stands on Obamacare?

[morphing libertarian]

The gift that keeps on giving

[djf]

I've been saying all along Obamacare is unconstitutional.

It goes beyond that, it is an assault on the Declaration of Independence which is our whole reason for existing.

It is a "TAX ON LIFE!!"

You CANNOT reconcile this with "certain unalienable rights, and among them being Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness".

But NOBODY gets it! NOBODY!

[Iron Munro]

Just apply for a Hardship Exemption

New Hardship Exemption Under Affordable Care Act

December 20, 2013

"In a last-minute policy change, the Obama administration waived the so-called individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act for people whose individual health insurance policy is being canceled.

The act requires most Americans to have qualified health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a tax penalty, unless they meet one of myriad exemptions. One is if qualifying coverage would cost more than 8 percent of household income (the affordability exemption). Another is they can prove a hardship such as homelessness, bankruptcy, domestic violence, large medical debts, utility shutoff notice or death in the family.

Under new guidance issued late Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that having an individual insurance policy canceled now qualifies for the hardship exemption.

People who qualify for the cancellation hardship exemption have two options:

-- Don't buy coverage and don't pay a fine.

-- Buy a bare-bones catastrophic policy on an exchange.

These catastrophic policies do not meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, but people who buy them won't owe a fine. Before Thursday's rule change, to buy this policy a person had to be younger than 30 or meet the affordability exemption.

To qualify for the new policy-cancellation exemption, consumers must complete a hardship application, which will let them purchase a catastrophic plan or receive a penalty waiver, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(For the application, see http://1.usa.gov/19YrBnK.)

[MrB]

Hey, GREAT!

Families not on welfare that have 3 or more kids obviously can afford a THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.

Lefties - you’re satanic. Have a nice eternity.

[wildbill]

Expect the administration to interpret the law so that the tax penalty will be rescinded if they sign up.

Some people might call this extortion or coercion by the government. Obama will call this an executive order to implement the law at his discretion.