Yup...it gets worse.
Not only will you be forced to buy insurance. Guess who gets the power to fine, audit and generally muck around in your business if you do not? The I.R.S. !
It is clearer and clearer that the fear of massive government intrusion are correct and well founded.
Under the various proposals now on the table, the IRS would become the main agency for determining who has an "acceptable" health insurance plan; for finding and punishing those who don't have such a plan; for subsidizing individual health insurance costs through the issuance of a tax credits; and for enforcing the rules on those who attempt to opt out, abuse, or game the system. A substantial portion of H.R. 3200, the House health care bill, is devoted to amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in order to give the IRS the authority to perform these new duties.
Read it all here. Have a barf bag nearby.
It is clearer and clearer that the fear of massive government intrusion are correct and well founded.
Under the various proposals now on the table, the IRS would become the main agency for determining who has an "acceptable" health insurance plan; for finding and punishing those who don't have such a plan; for subsidizing individual health insurance costs through the issuance of a tax credits; and for enforcing the rules on those who attempt to opt out, abuse, or game the system. A substantial portion of H.R. 3200, the House health care bill, is devoted to amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in order to give the IRS the authority to perform these new duties.
Read it all here. Have a barf bag nearby.
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