Posted on 10/23/2013 8:28:31 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
According to the White House, that March 31 deadline comes from language in the Affordable Care Act that says if one has access to affordable coverage but chooses to be uninsured for three consecutive months in a calendar year, one would face a penalty. The administration says in the insurance market, when consumers sign up before the 15th of a given month, their coverage starts on the first day of the next month: Sign up by February 15 to get coverage starting March 1; sign up after that date (but before March 15), and you won't be covered until April 1 - one day over that three-month deadline.
The administration now says, however, that that is not the case and that they will issue new guidelines to make that clear.
"The individual mandate timing has not changed. The deadline for signing up for insurance is March 31. It was true this morning. It is true tonight," said Joanne Peters, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department.
'If you sign up for insurance by the end of March, you will not face a penalty," said another HHS official. "As we have said before, the guidance that the administration will issue soon will reinforce this."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
NO DELAY.
It’s the law of the land.
Obama shut the government down in order to fend off a Republican delay.
Let him start the fines for not being able to purchase crap nobody wanted to buy anyway.
They are just making it up as they go...
Because they can.
Banana republics operate better than this.
If you have a pre-existing condition, you are delayed. If you are young and don’t use healthcare, please send in your checks immediately to this P.O. Box we just set up.
Eat your peas. No delay.
bump #7
The IRS can’t keep up their systems when things constantly change.
I don’t care if things make it more difficult for them to enforce this law but they will just selectively enforce it.
Finally some sunshine after weeks of dark clouds.
Time to pile on and enjoy doing it.
Isn’t this something Congress has to approve?
The ‘RATS need to put up some Barrycades around their “Marketplace” website before somebody gets hurt. It already made one woman faint that we know of.
This is ransoming the uninsured! Holding them hostage!
No delay.
Thanks for making life simpler Azzholes.
<<< Isn’t this something Congress has to approve? >>>
Not when we have a dictator, not a president.
LOL, Ya ain't seen nothing yet!
I want to go off the grid so badly.
Looks like he’s hunkering down.
Time Mr. Arrogance got his comeuppance.
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