Buy insurance or else
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it “Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.”
So under the president’s plan, you have to buy insurance or pay the penalty, and if you don’t, the IRS comes down on you. This just gets better and better.
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Pelosi plan: buy insurance or go to jail
about 10 months ago - 1 comment
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about 11 months ago - 1 comment
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about 1 year ago - No comments
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