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Originally Posted by Robbie
It's not a case of "choose not to participate". The feds made it ILLEGAL to not "Participate".
And to be clear..."participate" means being FORCED to buy a product from a company.
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If you said the state forces you to buy vehicle insurance to legally operate a motor vehicle -- I would agree with that statement -- the state could take criminal action if you are in an accident -- it's a misdemeanor.
You have some choice in buying healthcare insurance pay the price or pay a fine on your taxes -- you can't be charged with a crime and jailed
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Can I Go to Jail for Not Paying the Fee?
The IRS cannot enforce the Individual Shared Responsibility Provision with jail time, liens, or any other of typical methods of collection. The only way for the IRS to collect the fee for not having health insurance, if you choose not to pay it, is for them to withhold the money you would get back (Federal Income Tax Refund) from the IRS after you file your income tax return.
ObamaCare Mandate: Exemption and Tax Penalty
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It's not like Obamacare is holding a gun to anyone's head -- they won't cart you off to jail
As an aside: How many years ago was your insurance $500/3 and is your coverage the same -- out of pocket and deductibles for $1000/3 now? In the past years prior to Obamacare the medical cost inflation was out of sync totally with the overall economy. It less out of sync today but still bad -- the costs of lowered Medicare payments are being pushed on to the insured and the self payers.
Your rates (and mine) are higher because women have a mandated pregnancy/childbirth benefit but men get women pregnant don't they? They should bear some cost in their rates too ...