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Health insurance fines loom as deadline nears
Ch 7 News ^
| Jan 28, 2016
| Jason Gruenauer
Posted on 01/28/2016 7:56:23 AM PST by george76
Sunday is the deadline to sign up for health insurance, or else pay a fine. That fine has gone up, causing even more financial stress on the uninsured and those who choose to opt out of health insurance.
"I just cannot afford it in any way, shape, or form right now," 27-year-old Seth Valkonen said when talking about health insurance.
Valkonen chooses to be uninsured by paying a one time fine for not having coverage instead of a monthly premium.
"The penalty is cheaper than the overall total for the entire year," he said,
Already on a tight budget, this year's fine will hit Valkonen and many young people like him, even harder.
In order to get more people to enroll, the fine for not having health insurance nearly doubled from last year up to $695 per person.
"I think it's obscene," he said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 1095; 1095form; aca; fines; health; healthinsurance; insurance; obamacare
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To: Bubba_Leroy
It isn’t “supposedly”. The statute clearly states that the refund is the only enforcement mechanism. That was the only way they could get enough votes to pass it.
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01/28/2016 3:26:06 PM PST
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Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Georgia Girl 2
The statue means nothing. Obama has altered it 25+ times, without even attempting to consult Congress. And he got away with it......EVERY SINGLE time. The “law” is what he says it it. Moreover, the IRS is not going to allow people to tell them they are not paying because they don't want to.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:22:37 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: Georgia Girl 2
Sorry...statute. Dang IPads.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:23:49 PM PST
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SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: SkyPilot
Well you are free to believe that the aliens are coming or that the IRS is going to take your house if you fail to pay the Ocare fine. A lot of suckers will pay it. Next year the Congress will repeal it and you will have wasted your money.
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02/06/2016 8:30:32 PM PST
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Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: angcat
“served in Afghanistan “
He should check into VA health care- which meets the Obamacare qualification for medical insurance.
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02/06/2016 8:38:29 PM PST
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mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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