Depends on who you ask. And when.
MORE: Federal officials set maximum fine for not buying health insurance at $2,448 per person: http://t.co/M2PxumTT7S
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2014
The news seems to have caught a few people off guard.
@AP Wait, the law's been out for how long and they JUST came up with the fine? That doesn't seem sketchy at all.
— MeisterDumbPanickyAnimal (@meisterbuerger) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/BekeGSW/status/492429092734926848
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. MT: @AP: Federal officials set max fine for not buying health insurance at $2,448/person: http://t.co/yVaTV1GJ8V
— Megan Charland (@megancharland) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/BostonHateParty/status/492429682714116096
https://twitter.com/jeffrhoden43/status/492429943394283520
https://twitter.com/diazfr78/status/492431389120528384
@AP – so much for living in the land of the free.. Forced insurance
— Lauri (@dreamscream99) July 24, 2014
Tax season is going to be ROUGH MT“@AP: MORE: Federal officials set maximum fine for not buying health insurance at $2,448 per person”
— Daniel Borges (@DBorgesCPA) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/onepear/status/492431444665704448
@AP if you can't afford health insurance, how you afford the fine
— Randy Miller (@randymiller041) July 24, 2014
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@AP if you make $250k per year (that is who the max applies to) and don't have insurance then you are an idiot that deserves to pay
— Matt Cunningham (@MattC03) July 24, 2014
So “being an idiot” is the criteria for determining whether the government can force you to buy something you don’t want?
@MattC03 @ap Agreed. Many people are failing to realize that the $2,448/person is the MAX penalty.
— Jaycelle (@jaycelle) July 25, 2014
That makes it ok.
Tax, not fine. “@AP: MORE: Federal officials set maximum fine for not buying health insurance at $2,448 per person: http://t.co/FqTmSJWhaR”
— Yancy Williams (@whywilliams) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/bryantlee47/status/492483814053003266
But it’s a fine. At least until they need it to be a tax again anyway.
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