Black People Politics : Supreme Court upholds Obamacare individual mandate as a tax

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From the article

"If an individual does not maintain health insurance, the only consequence is that he must make an additional payment to the IRS when he pays his taxes," Roberts writes. He adds that this means "the mandate is not a legal command to buy insurance. Rather, it makes going without insurance just another thing the government taxes, like buying gasoline or earning an income."

How is this a good thing??

All those people out there who have now lost their unemployment and still can't find jobs because of the poor economy are now going to be taxed because they can't afford to buy insurance?

This is going to become another burden on unemployed people or people working part time.

Also this from CNN
"In 2014, the penalty will be $285 per family or 1% of income, whichever is greater. By 2016, it goes up to $2,085 per family or 2.5% of income."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/supreme-court-health-effects/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
 
From the article



How is this a good thing??

All those people out there who have now lost their unemployment and still can't find jobs because of the poor economy are now going to be taxed because they can't afford to buy insurance?

This is going to become another burden on unemployed people or people working part time.

Also this from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/supreme-court-health-effects/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


sigh


If you are unemployed, you will still receive the best of care under the law. Currently, you have to go thru emergency and receive just barely ok care. Under the law, the unemployed receive preventative care. Currently, they dont. It's good for all




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sigh


If you are unemployed, you will still receive the best of care under the law. Currently, you have to go thru emergency and receive just barely ok care. Under the law, the unemployed receive preventative care. Currently, they dont. It's good for all




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ok so there is a government policy that you can BUY at anytime when you don't have insurance. What I am saying is that people who are NOT employed can't afford to buy the government plan and if they don't they will get taxed by the IRS.

Obviously it's better to have insurance than not. But I am not convinced that paying a fine for not buying insurance is somehow better for me.
 

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