“Criminal penalties tags pelosi health care fines jail billProsecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses. Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual: • Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year. • Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3] According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016. picked by shuallyo 4 months ago |
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so. picked by shuallyo 4 months ago 12 comments edit related share politics |
They may skim it, but Harry Reid refuses to allow a week to pass so that all the public can review the bill - much as they did with the stimulus bill. All this despite the promise Obama of a 5-day wait before any bill was signed into law. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
two days in jail over unpaid leash law fine... sounds fair. picked by sproggg 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Slender, dark-haired Karen Jane Matthew was brought into the downtown King County Jail around 1 a.m. on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for selling rock cocaine on Aurora Avenue. Over the next 30 hours, the 51-year-old inmate with a long, mostly misdemeanor record, including drugs and prostitution, lost consciousness and split open her head in a fall; told a cellmate she was "dope sic... read full post picked by bingo 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A guy stops off at his local Taco Bell after work and decides to pay with a $2 bill instead of a $50 to make things easier for the cashier. 12 comments edit related share entertainmentHilarity and Asshatery ensue. picked by doggylives 2 years ago |
"If they don't comply, they will be fined. They don't believe in the payment of fines, so they've already attested that they will go to jail in lieu of paying fines." picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
BEIJING — Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month. Henan province has announced that firing off just one such message could see the sender slapped in detention for up to five days, the China Daily reported on Tuesday. Three messag... read full post picked by soreen 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
The new version of the bill would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
The measure would provide $60 billion over the next five years, $35 billion more than current spending and $30 billion more than the president proposed. Mr. Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-cla... read full post picked by marli 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share politics |
Both the house and the senate versions currently grant exemptions to at least part of the health care bill. Giving exemptions to religious groups to something like the planned health care reform will likely further complicate the matter as well as increase the number of constitutional challenges. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share politics |
Excellent WashPo article regarding health care myths. 18 comments edit related share politicsSeriously, people, change isn't scary, and it won't kill you or cost you "all" of your own money. picked by bcgrote 7 months ago |
Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. 2 comments edit related share politicsImage that... Universal Health Care not working out like they'd like us to believe. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago |
Senator John Goedde sponsored a bill to sharply increase fines in Idaho for speeding in school zones... 1 comments edit related share plime.com...Can you see where this is going? picked by muppet 2 years ago |
But that number is meaningless without context. Ninety billion is a lot more than you probably paid for, say, your house. But is it a lot of money in the context of national health-care spending? Not really. In 2008, we spent $2.3 trillion on health care. Ninety billion is about 4 percent of that. In other words, a drop in the bucket. picked by dollyllama 2 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
At issue are what insurance companies consider absurdly low penalties for people who choose not to buy health insurance. picked by JoshSF49 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Medical care in the United States is derided as miserable compared to health care systems in the rest of the developed world. Economists, government officials, insurers, and academics beat the drum for a far larger government role in health care. Much of the public assumes that their arguments are sound because the calls for change are so ubiquitous and the topic so complex. Before we turn to gove... read full post picked by shuallyo 7 months ago 2 comments edit related share politics |
"Remove all penalties under California law for the cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, and use of marijuana, natural THC and paraphernalia by persons over the age of 21," "prohibit local and state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws (more on that later)" and establish a fee of $50 an ounce on marijuana on top of whatever pot will... read full post picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 14 comments edit related share politics |
The House of Representatives on Saturday night passed a sweeping health care bill by a vote of 220-215. 90 comments edit related share politicsNext, on to the Senate. picked by cmgoings 4 months ago |