Get covered by Valentine's Day to avoid fines [Obama makes another illegal change to Obamacare]

Associated Press ^ | October 9, 2013

[grundle]

WASHINGTON (AP) — You'll have to get coverage by Valentine's Day or thereabouts to avoid penalties for being uninsured, the Obama administration confirmed Wednesday.

That's about six weeks earlier than a March 31 deadline often cited previously.

[grundle]

This is one more example of Obama making an illegal change to Obamacare without approval from Congress.

[dforest]

Thereabouts is open for interpretation!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ubama is the law of the land.

[tsowellfan]

You're right. This is not legal nor were any of the changes he made without Congress. While I have been a strong supporter of what Ted Cruz is doing this issue of illegal changes makes me think twice about how ObamaCare has been approached regarding the shutdown.

The common argument has been "the American people do not want it" or the "American people do not support the mandate" which is true but this argument implies that Obama's illegal changes were not a problem (as long as he makes fair illegal changes for all Americans).

Tell the American people that ObamaCare was not included because the President does not have a legal right to make changes all by himself. Period.

Then take it all the way to the USSC.

[Patriot Babe]

Obama’s Valentine Day Massacre!!!

[gundog]

Will you have the system up and running by then, homes?

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping.

[oldenuff2no]

I get it illegals get welfare and food stamps but citizens who don’t want to play his socialist games get fines. Yes this really does define the obambat.

[silverleaf]

Obama need the money, Hon

I think they planning on whole lot of grateful libs paying the “fine” and thinking they got off cheaper to do so

a tax is a tax

[4integrity]

I, too, believe not enough of an issue has been made of Mr. Obama, arbitrarily and unilaterally, making changes to the ACA. He could do this on his own, but, couldn’t (wouldn’t) issue and Executive Order to pay families of military killed in action.

[RockyTx]

this looks to me like a misdirection play.

my understanding was, the deadline was always Jan !,
but for some reason the first enrollment period
was thru March.

Feb 15 is a delay, not an advancement.

[silverleaf]

Happy Valentines day, citizen!

You can pick up your greeting from the govt
at 1-800-F**K_Yo

[PowderMonkey]

Just trying to stampede the herd to boost the numbers. Not going to happen. FUBO.

[COBOL2Java]

[mikrofon]

I concur with the logic ... even if it gets to the SC on this basis, they already ruled Obamacare a “tax” and no President or lackey Cabinet Sec’y has the authority to impose or modify it.

[umgud]

The penalty starts as low as $95 for 2014, but escalates in subsequent years.

Is that $95 per month or per yesr?

[tacticalogic]

They said they had to pass it to find out what’s in it. Then they said we passed it, so it’s settled law. If Feb. 15 is what’s in it, it ought to be settled.

[dfwgator]

Thank you, Justice Roberts. /s

[dfwgator]

Or as those Commies, Rage Against the Machine proclaimed, “F You...I Won’t Do What You Tell Me!”