Obamacare at Gunpoint: Pay Up or Go To Jail
Carrie Budoff Brown
Politico
September 26, 2009
This doesn?t happen often enough.
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it ?Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.?
The note was a follow-up to Ensign?s questioning at the markup.
Carrie Budoff Brown
Politico
September 26, 2009
This doesn?t happen often enough.
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it ?Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.?
The note was a follow-up to Ensign?s questioning at the markup.