Internal Revenue Service to be New Health Care Enforcer
August 19th, 2009. Published under Fraud, Scams. No Comments.
Under both the House and Senate bills the Internet Revenue Service (IRS) will be monitoring and enforcing the proposed national health care. From what I understand is those that don’t have health care cannot afford it, so it stands to reason that if they can’t afford health care how are they going to pay for it. If they don’t get health care then these same people would be taxed which means even less money in their pockets for necessities. I am one of those that can’t afford health care insurance. A tax for not having health care means less food on my families table, not being able to pay my bills (house payment, etc.). So exactly how is the government going to make me pay health care insurance or tax me for not having it? Where exactly for do these folks in Washington come up with these (not so) brilliant ideas? I for one can’t see what congress is pushing this public option so hard, they already have their own health care system in place. I say if congress forces HR 3200 on us, that they should have to use it as well just like rest of us. As they say “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander”. Professor of Law, William Jacobson at Cornell Law School has interesting opinions and insights of HR 3200’s use of the IRS to monitor and enforce the proposed health care reform legislation. The Senate bill imposes a new requirement that all persons who provide health care coverage to others must file a return with the IRS listing the names, addresses, social security numbers, and the coverage period for each person, and “such other information as the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] may prescribe.” (Section 161(b) starting at page 107). The bill does not limit what information the Secretary may request, so it is conceivable and likely that information as to the nature of the coverage, the family members included, and other details will be reported to the IRS. The Senate version is similar, although the tax is called a “shared responsibility payment” not a tax. Section 161 (at pp. 103-104) words new section 59B of the IRC to require lack of coverage for a month (subject to certain exemptions) before the tax kicks in, and does not specify a specific percentage, but instead, directs that annually Read the full post on William Jacobson’s legal blog