re: #294 JacksonTn

Gus … that is why I was asking in my previous post about jail time for exactly what you posted about .. I am not being snarky when I am asking that … what would be the penalty if you do not have money … how would they force you to pay if you do not fit into the unemployed without insurance and are somewhere else? … you know there will be people who for whatever reason will still not enroll in any healthcare plan … what are the penalties for them? …

The only way around it would be if there was an expansion of a private self employed insurance pool. This could be done through government incentives which typically came as tax cuts for said industry in this case the health insurance provider.

Other than penalties and interest there’s also levies, and liens each of which could be applied for each tax year. Jail time only could occur if there was fraud involved after a criminal investigation — essentially it could go from collections to criminal. But like I said there would have to be a reason.