This looks like an opportunity for mass civil disobedience by those who have qualifying insurance, but refuse to fill out the form. What’s the fine for not filling out the paperwork? Would we get treated like the tax resistors are treated now? I wonder.
15,000 young and energetic new IRS agents / attorneys on the job. What do you think will happen?
I did a Google search on 0care and found an analysis on it. Nowhere are the individual taxpayers to file a separate form. The employers are the ones to do it.
Since not having health insurance is now a crime/misdemeanor thanks to that terrible Chief Justice, wouldn't forcing people to sign an IRS form under penalty of perjury count as a violation of the 5th Amendment's prohibition against forcing people to be a witness against themselves?
Isn't this forcing people to provide a sworn testimony against themselves that can later be used to prosecute a penalty against themselves unconstitutional? Or does the administration argue that this violation isn't a criminal case, and therefore people can be forced to witness against themselves?
With respect to your comment about civil disobedience, if a significant portion of the population refused to cooperate and fill out the IRS form, it would effectively nullify the unconstitutional decision of the Supreme Court on this "tax", because I don't think the government has the resources to come after, nor wants to come after say 30 million people. Therefore, in the event of mass civil disobedience, the government would likely either have to change the form or repeal the law.