If I'm not mistaken, the mandate will be enforced through your taxes. I'm guessing it'll be something like, on the 1040, "Put your insurance ID number here or else deduct $750 from your refund," possibly resulting in a tax owed. That'll be scaled according to your income-you'll only be expected to pay a certain amount of your pre-tax income-and then there are probably going to be tax rebates (I suppose that might be one way to deliver the health insurance subsidy), etc.
I'm not sure that's very clearly conveyed. The fact is I don't really understand it all that well, as I haven't studied the legislation that closely. But it won't be like the fed tracking people down, like a DOJ insurance division. The mandate hinges on the taxing power of the federal government. That's probably where it will be administered.
But, yeah, more reform will almost certainly be necessary. I think the Dems understand that. They took the lesson from '92 or whatever to be, "We must pass something," and so they've pushed for something that can pass, without considering the possibility that passing something bad might hurt them more than the Clinton effort did.
LOL of course, I hope they're right, because a Republican majority in Congress under Obama would be a real... Well, it'd be interesting.
I'm not sure that's very clearly conveyed. The fact is I don't really understand it all that well, as I haven't studied the legislation that closely. But it won't be like the fed tracking people down, like a DOJ insurance division. The mandate hinges on the taxing power of the federal government. That's probably where it will be administered.
But, yeah, more reform will almost certainly be necessary. I think the Dems understand that. They took the lesson from '92 or whatever to be, "We must pass something," and so they've pushed for something that can pass, without considering the possibility that passing something bad might hurt them more than the Clinton effort did.
LOL of course, I hope they're right, because a Republican majority in Congress under Obama would be a real... Well, it'd be interesting.
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