Now the March 31 deadline has grown soft. And that, plus the advertising of 14 “hardship exemptions” to the individual mandate to buy insurance, has added to the sense that the mandate is all but theoretical. “What individual mandate?” says the headline on a blog post Monday by health policy expert Bob Laszewski. “It is looking more and more like the Obama administration will not enforce the individual mandate.” The 14 exemptions are wide-ranging. You are exempt if you have filed for bankruptcy in the past six months. Or if you received a shut-off notice from a utility. Or if you recently experienced domestic violence. The final exemption seems to be a catchall: “You experienced another hardship in obtaining health insurance.” The page on exemptions at HealthCare.gov also provides links to forms to apply for an exemption.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:18:56 +0000
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