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Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie -- Govt. To Use 'Honor System' Without Verifying
Forbes ^ | July 6, 2013 | By Avik Roy

Posted on 07/06/2013 8:19:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

If you thought the delay in the employer mandate was bad news for Obamacare, just wait. On Friday, Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar of the Washington Post discovered that the Obama administration had buried in the Federal Register the announcement that the government won’t be able to verify whether or not applicants for Obamacare’s insurance exchange subsidies are actually qualified for the aid, in the 16 states that are setting up their own exchanges. Instead, until at least 2015, these states will be able to “accept the applicant’s attestation [regarding eligibility] without further verification.”

Without employer mandate, Feds to rely on applicant ‘attestations’

If you’ve been following the latest news around Obamacare, you know that on Tuesday evening, just before the Independence Day holiday, the White House announced that it would be delaying the implementation of the health law’s employer mandate—requiring all firms with more than 50 employees to provide health coverage to their workers—until 2015.

I, and several others at the time, said “wait a minute.” According to the law, you aren’t eligible for Obamacare’s subsidies if your employer has offered you what the government considers “affordable” coverage. But if employers are no longer going to report whether or not they’ve offered “affordable” coverage, how can the government verify whether or not workers are eligible for subsidies?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; commiecare; deathpanels; marxism; obama; obamacare; obamascare; spreadthewealth; zerocare
Everything Obama does is based on the corrupt Marxist lie.
1 posted on 07/06/2013 8:19:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

I bet the crackas will get checked.


2 posted on 07/06/2013 8:24:49 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Jim Robinson

In order to check whether someone is truly exempt, the IRS has to know whether the employer offers coverage and at what price.....

ROTFLOL.


3 posted on 07/06/2013 8:27:08 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Libloather
I bet the crackas will get checked.

Only the creepy-ass ones.

4 posted on 07/06/2013 8:27:37 PM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Jim Robinson

They are probably going for ‘single payor’ by warping the passed law.


5 posted on 07/06/2013 8:28:33 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: Jim Robinson

Kind of like registering to vote? Nobody is going to check. No big deal.


6 posted on 07/06/2013 8:32:17 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If America is a nation of immigrants, where's my free stuff?)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Totalitarian government control was the goal from the very start. FUBO!!


7 posted on 07/06/2013 8:32:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

So let me get this straight...it was recently reported that millions of dollars of fraudulent income tax refunds were delivered to multiple people using the same address - and no effort to find or prosecute was in the offing.

The IRS expects us to voluntarily report our healthcare insurance information so they can determine how much to fleece us. Why not just have everybody give them the same information? If they are so inept that they must rely on this bogus honor system why not give them what they want?

;-)


8 posted on 07/06/2013 8:36:52 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Maybe the plan is to stupefy so when the coup de grâce comes people won’t know what hit them. FUBO


9 posted on 07/06/2013 8:43:17 PM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: Libloather

Only maker crackers will be checked.


10 posted on 07/06/2013 9:00:02 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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I realize we're dealing with the corrupt and incompetent IRS here, but since they're the ones managing Obamacare, and they've got your income tax records right there, how is it they are unable to check?

Mark

11 posted on 07/06/2013 9:34:25 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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LOL!
Because they need billions of more tax dollars to hire tens more thousands more IRS agents!

Perhaps Microsoft, Apple,IBM and every single programmer in the world has refused to give the IRS an “app” for that?

Or (more likely) there are also hidden fines and fees, with interest, also tacked in there somewhere for knowingly or unknowingly “cheating”, with no statute of limitations.

12 posted on 07/06/2013 9:50:45 PM PDT by sarasmom (The obvious takes longer to discover for the obtuse.)
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To: Libloather

17,000 new IRS Agents ready for “TARGETED” verification.


13 posted on 07/06/2013 10:36:51 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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To: rwoodward
"17,000 new IRS Agents ready for “TARGETED” verification."

You nailed it. This is just perfect to redistribute more money to favored classes and harass groups opposed to The Regime.

14 posted on 07/07/2013 3:31:19 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: rwoodward

I thought the House has refused to give the IRS any more money to hire 17,000 new agents. That should put a kink in the Obamacare plan. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think, until told otherwise, that I am right.


15 posted on 07/07/2013 4:26:37 AM PDT by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Saw it first hand in the Katrina aftermath. Black, female “workers” with government money in the form of temporary EBT cards and other hand-outs. One person said they weren’t sure if they qualified and the lady, in front of everyone, told him not to worry as they could add extra family members, even if they really don’t need help, to ensure approval.


16 posted on 07/07/2013 5:03:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jim Robinson

Since Obama can just do whatever the hell he pleases,the House should do the same,cut off the money already authorized,oh I forgot,the republicans are without balls


17 posted on 07/07/2013 6:57:38 AM PDT by ballplayer
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