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 ...
“please send in your checks immediately to this P.O. Box we just set up.”
would that be in Nigeria?
Haha. So they're going to extend the mandate but at the same time try to explain why the timing has not changed so no one can say Cruz was right.
Only congress can change the law - and they better not since “it’s settled law”.
No delay - just like you demanded. Dems say “we won” - ok, you own it. It’s ALL YOU.
Remember? Those people who wanted delay were jihadists, terrorists, and arsonists, “strap bombs to their chest”, are anarchists, and of course racists. Dems aren’t any of those things, are they?
The RINOS shut down the patriot guerrillas....
Or did they?
Really. By the time they get done tinkering around the edges, the IRS won’t be able to get the forms corrected. We may not be able to file next year..or 2015..(there’s always an upside I can dream of)
>> They are just making it up as they go...
Yes, but they argue they’re “clarifying”.
I’d love to see that up there tonight!
Sure brings back memory’s.
The #@!!*
As if we do not remember.
Do you know what date that ran on Drudge?
July 11 2011
Sound familiar?
Thanks. Let’s see what happens ;)
I’m enjoying this, I really am. Because I used to work for the federal government and I can tell this for a flat, undeniable fact - they can make it worse. And they will.
Keep your powder dry ;)
Use his own words against him.
Mr. Arrogance is well past due for his comeuppance.
It is time for the Tea Party to speak in well reasoned tones again.
I pray they get the stage.
No need to bop him on the head,let the people do that.
Just compare and contrast.
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