White House: Health care penalty deadline to be delayed by up to six weeks

NBC News ^ | 10/23/2013 | Matthew DeLuca and Daniel Arkin

[SeekAndFind]

Amid mounting criticism, the White House said Wednesday that it plans to soften the deadline for when Americans are required to purchase health insurance. The date by when Americans would be penalized for not having signed up for health insurance could be “slid” back by as much as six weeks, administration officials told NBC News.

But it was not immediately clear Wednesday whether the adjustment to a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act would need to be approved by Congress or could be done by the Department of Health and Human Services administratively.

As the law stands now, individuals are expected to begin the application process via HealthCare.gov by Feb. 15 to avoid a financial penalty when the deadline hits on March 31, since it generally takes about six weeks for the insurance to kick in.

But under the prospective change, individuals will only be expected to have started enrollment by March 31 to avoid incurring a penalty.

[Jet Jaguar]

NO DELAY.

It’s the law.

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.

[tobyhill]

and 6 weeks later I'll still tell Obama where to shove his “healthcare”.

[Caipirabob]

The president refuses to execute his own law. Typical. Of a dictator.

[SisterK]

planning a little germ warfare after Dec. 31 ?

[sunrise_sunset]

It’s a total disaster. And this is what we can see.

[tbw2]

When you go to court, what stands? The law as written or the mandate at the time of your actions?

[Jane Long]

Sue the President. Make him enforce his own law.

Which law...the one Congress *passed* or the one The One deemed, changed and cut and pasted?

[devolve]

B A R A C K R U P T C Y

[RockyTx]

after thinking about this for awhile....

delaying the penalty is the same as the IRS
making a deal to settle unpaid income tax.
or not.

[Tzimisce]

He CAN'T delay this without an act of Congress.

The President can NOT make the law.

[Hoodat]

The penalty is that we are losing the health insurance plans we already had. And without the exchanges being available, there are going to be a lot of people making the transition from 'insured' to 'uninsured' in 2014.

If they were really offering a delay, then they would offer a delay on all of it, allowing people to keep their current insurance plan. But cancellation notices are already being sent out as insurers notify customers that the plans they currently have will permanently expire on Dec 31. And for this, there is no relief.

[newnhdad]

has this actually been verified?

[Colonel_Flagg]

It’s not a penalty. It’s a tax. John Roberts said so.

What other taxes can we avoid paying?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: He CAN’T delay this without an act of Congress.

SIGH, he just did that we the Business Mandate and nobody made a legal issue out of it.

I don’t think anybody is going to make an issue out of this one now.

[RedMDer]

Support Free Republic.

Obamacare is not for your health

[lgjhn23]

LMAO!!! That, my FR friend, had to be the post of the day!!!!
Unfortunately for us needing “life support”, it has an element of truth in it.

[American Constitutionalist]

" So, what happens to these folks if God forbid, after Dec. 31, they get seriously sick? "

Just like what this Administration and Obama did in Benghazi..... let them die.
Those people in Obama's mind have already outlived their usefulness....

[American Constitutionalist]

How dictatorial of you Obama.
Now can we round off the hours of a 24 hour clock and make it a 25 hour day mighty Dear Mao Obama ?

[American Constitutionalist]

What’s people complaining about ? those camps provide free room and board, free ( you check in, but don’t check out alive ) showers, and a special plastic ( dorm sized that fits 4 humans ) casket when they decide it’s your time to leave this green earth.... sarcasm tag.

[American Constitutionalist]

* " BTW, WHERE did the 600 MILLION that you spent on this POS go " *


1. A Nigerian money laundering funneling scam.
2. To the D.N.C. campaign funds.
3. Obama's cronnies.
4. A subsidiary of Acorn.