[a.d.b.b]

where in the obamacare bill does it say that you go to jail if you don't have health insurance?

[gargoyleboy2001]

There is a part that says you have to buy health insurance or else you'll be fined. If you don't pay the fine then you might go to jail. However for people or couples making under, I think, 80 grand a year they can file to be exempt from having to buy health insurance.

[Tinnaaa]

It doesn't say anything like that to my knowledge. But it does mention a fine for people who don't have insurance, as a way of paying for others' insurance....

[robinallsup]

You're mistaken. It doesn't say that. Starting in 2014 you'll pay additional taxes if you don't have it. And crappy discount plans won't count, so if you have one of those you might as well get rid of it now and get real coverage.

[Rihanna]

It doesn't. That is all political rhetoric.

[c.lharris@btinternet.com]

Don't know where you got the idea that you would go to jail.

Effective January 1, 2014 U.S. citizens and legal residents will be required to have qualifying health coverage.

Those without coverage pay a tax penalty of the greater of $695 per year up to a maximum of three times that amount ($2,085) per family or 2.5% of household income. The penalty will be phased-in according to the following schedule: $95 in 2014, $325 in 2015, and $695 in 2016 for the flat fee or 1.0% of taxable income in 2014, 2.0% of taxable income in 2015, and 2.5% of taxable income in 2016. Beginning after 2016, the penalty will be increased annually by the cost-of-living adjustment.

If you fail to have health insurance you will be fined. If you refuse to pay the fine the IRS would use the same remedy if you refused to pay your income taxes. The IRS would attach your assets to pay the fine.

[robber4134043]

It doesn't.

The "jail" part comes in, if you don't pay your fine on your income tax return. The IRS puts people who don't pay the taxes they owe, in jail.

[trafficdir]

Nowhere. It says that you will have to pay money to the IRS. It says nothing about jail.

[shoemaker100]

It is not mentioned in the Health Care bill. That comes from you not buying insurance in 2014 and having an tax liability instead of a tax credit subsidy. The opponents are trying to tell people they will go to prison for tax evasion if they dint pay the penalty.