Won’t But Insurance? Go to Jail!

September 25, 2009 – 7:46 pm

from www.politico.com:

September 25, 2009
Categories: Senate

Ensign receives handwritten confirmation

 

This doesn’t happen often enough.

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it “Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold.”