Supreme Court Upholds All Aspects of Obamacare

[Towntalk]

Beginning January 1, 2014, all U.S. residents are required to maintain minimum essentialcoverage unless the individual falls into one of the following exceptions:

individuals with a religious conscience exemption (applies only to certain faiths);
incarcerated individuals;

undocumented aliens;

individuals who cannot afford coverage (i.e. required contribution exceeds 8% of

household income);

individuals with a coverage gap of less than 3 months;

individuals in a hardship situation (as defined by the Secretary of Dept. of Health &

Human Services (HHS));

individuals with income below the tax filing threshold; and

members of Indian tribes.
(PPACA §§1501 and 10106 adding IRC §§ 5000A(d) and (e); §1002 of Reconciliation Bill)

[Rick Rowlands]

What alot of these pro "poor people" liberals fail to realize is that nothing earthshattering is going to happen on the next two years to radically lower health insurance premiums, so when the time comes these people just eeking by making minimum wage or slightly higher will be socked with a huge tax bill that they cannot pay.  How is this going to help these "poor" people?   

[sfc_oliver]

What this means is that our beloved federal government now has the power to make us do anything it wants, or pay a tax.............

Electric cars that will only go 100 miles......Buy it or be taxed......

Yet no one wants to say it...........
but that is it in a nutshell.........

[Towntalk]

INDIVIDUAL MANDATE & SUBSIDY Fact Sheet


https://www.bcbsri.com/BCBSRIWeb/pdf/Individual_Mandate_Fact_Sheet.pdf

[Towntalk]

What constitutes "certain people" in the ruling?

[Towntalk]

The court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional, but it can stay as part of Congress's power under a taxing clause. The court said that the government will be allowed to tax people for not having health insurance.

"The Affordable care act's requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," the court said in the ruling.

[Towntalk]

In a landmark ruling with wide-ranging implications, the Supreme Court today upheld the so-called individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, the key part of President Obama's signature health care law.
The court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional, but it can stay as part of Congress's power under a taxing clause. The court said that the government will be allowed to tax people for not having health insurance.

[irishbobcat]

 
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