Implode-o-Meter News - Even The New York Times Is Bashing Obamacare

Some people do sign up, especially those with low incomes who receive the most generous subsidies, Ms. Speidel said. But others, she said, find that they cannot afford insurance, even with subsidies, so "they grudgingly take the penalty."
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The I.R.S. says that 8.1 million returns included penalty payments for people who went without insurance in 2014, the first year in which most people were required to have coverage. A preliminary report on the latest tax-filing season, tabulating data through April, said that 5.6 million returns included penalties averaging $442 a return for people uninsured in 2015.

As we pointed out around here over 6 years ago, a penalty for being too poor is a really stupid idea (and worse, counter-productive).

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Even The New York Times Is Bashing Obamacare - "It Has Not Worked All That Well"