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I have yet to find a person who's aware of the coming mandate to buy into Obama Care -- or face a $1500 fine, and possible persecution for tax evasion.
This happened in Massachusetts, but it's exactly what every American
will face under the Obama-Kennedy plan. For starters.
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What happens ...
Cape Cod, Mass.
My husband retired from IBM about a decade ago, and as we aren't old
enough for Medicare we still buy our health insurance through the
company. But IBM, with its typical courtesy, informed us recently that
we will be fined by the state.
Why? Because Massachusetts requires every resident to have health
insurance, and this year, without informing us directly, the state had
changed the rules in a way that made our bare-bones policy no longer
acceptable. Unless we ponied up for a pricier policy we neither need
nor want—or enrolled in a government-sponsored insurance plan—we would
have to pay $1,000 each year to the state.
My husband's response was muted; I was shaking mad. We hadn't imposed
our health-care costs on anyone else, yet we were being fined ("taxed"
was the word the letter used).
We've spent much of our lives putting away what money we could for
retirement. We always intended to be self-sufficient. We've paid off
the mortgage on our home, don't carry credit-card debt, and have
savings in case of an emergency. We also have a regular monthly income
of about $3,000, which includes an IBM pension. My husband, 61, earns a
little money on the side, sometimes working as an electronics
consultant on renewable energy projects. I'm 58 and make some money
writing science books. We are not wealthy, but we aren't a risk of
becoming a burden on society either. How did we become outlaws?
The turning point was three years ago, when then-Republican Gov. Mitt
Romney pushed through the state legislature a health-care plan that he
promised would provide ... [continue]
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