‘Personally, I’d rather deal with the IRS over the penalty.’
I’m going to work hard at getting an exemption from that. I read a list somewhere of all the reasons you can use for an exemption. Should be possible somehow, with sufficient effort, to wriggle out of it, it seems to me.
I'm interested in how Rush gets out of it.
He's said on the show that he didn't buy a policy and he's going to file for a "hardship" exemption, but that seems awfully shaky to me.
1% of income is a big number for Rush.
I bet he secretly bought a bronze plan, just to avoid the penalty. (It's a lot cheaper than 1% of his income.).
BTW the Halbig decision in effect eliminates the penalty for those making less than 400% of fed poverty level (approx 45,000 for indiv, $95,000 for family) in states with no state exchange. (See Post #194.)