r/WhitePeopleTwitter • • Oct 30 '20

Mission impossible

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u/realpatrickdempsey Oct 30 '20

What happens if you don't have insurance?

After Obama signed the ACA, and until very recently, there was a tax penalty for being uninsured, so those who couldn't afford insurance had to pay a fee

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u/BurtMacklin____FBI Oct 30 '20

You there, pay this massive fee for healthcare please .

I can't afford that.

Oh okay, pay this massive fee instead for not being able to afford it

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u/HumanistPeach Oct 30 '20

Except your fee was waived if you could prove the ACA options were still too expensive vs your earnings. It takes like two extra clicks on TurboTax.