What will be the fine if we don't join the pool or health care

[Sebass1271]

for individuals? IF there is a fine to begin with??? please duers/?/ help me on this...

[leftofcool]

1. I heard 1% of your income starting in 2014 and then in 2016 2.5%

and it goes up from there not to exceed 750.00 I think.

[Sebass1271]

2. really?????

that much??

[Sebass1271]

3. how about if you don't work?

or what about if you don't decide to join the pool you will still have to pay that amount?

[Statistical]

7. Well if you don't work likely you income is rather low.

There are some subsidies for persons below 150% of poverty line.

[Orangepeel]

12. If you don't make enough to file a tax return or the premium would be more than 8% of your income

you are exempt from the fine.

[NNN0LHI]

4. If you don't join the pool when you do get sick they send you to Guatemala for treatment

See, you get a little vacation and everything that way.

Don

[leftstreet]

5. $95 to start in 2014, then $695 by 2016

Most Americans would need to line up insurance, starting in 2014, or get slapped with a fine. The pain would be small at first -- $95, or up to 1 percent of income, whichever is greater, for an individual. By 2016, the fine would increase to $695, or 2.5 percent of income.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/03/states_opposed_to_overhaul_pre.html

[Statistical]

6. Not blaming you but the $95 and $695 lowball true cost.

It is 1% in 2014 going to 2.5% in 2016.

The Median personal income is $39,336.
In 2014 1.0% would be $393.36 per person at Median income without Healthcare.
By 2014 2.5% would be $983.40 per person at Median income without Healthcare.

A household filing jointly with two uninsured persons would face double that in punitive taxes.

Once again this isn't on you I just thought it is interest how much media pushes the minimums when most Americans will pay substantially more.

[Sebass1271]

8. that is too much money.. will this be per year?? and if we DO

join the pool what will our cost be? for example, will the cost for insurance be less than what the fine will be???

[Statistical]

9. The insurance is private market so the price will be whatever

insurance companies determine it needs to be.

[Sebass1271]

10. don't like that...humm..i can't believe Dems let this one open

for them..

[Powdered Toast Man]

11. I heard on one of the news shows last night...

that they got rid of the fine all together. Perhaps I heard wrong.

[Sebass1271]

13. so everthing up untill now are rumors.... isee lots of responses

with the "i heard" instead of what is true