Obamacare at Gunpoint: Pay Up or Go To Jail
September 26, 2009 @ 2:54 pm
Carrie Budoff Brown
Politico
September 26, 2009
- A d v e r t i s e m e n t
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.