Why Conservatives Are Saying Obamacare Could Take Your House (Mother Jones)

[hue]

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/10/obamacare-conspiracy-theory-lien-house-debunked

The health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act opened for business on Tuesday, allowing uninsured Americans to buy subsidized coverage. By Wednesday, conservative websites had a fresh conspiracy theory running: if you decline to purchase health insurance, the feds may put a lien on your home.

InfoWars cites this Facebook post as proof:

I actually made it through this morning at 8:00 A.M. I have a preexisting condition (Type 1 Diabetes) and my income base was 45K-55K annually I chose tier 2 'Silver Plan' and my monthly premiums came out to $597.00 with $13,988 yearly deductible!!! There is NO POSSIBLE way that I can afford this so I 'opt-out' and chose to continue along with no insurance.

I received an email tonight at 5:00 P.M. informing me that my fine would be $4,037 and could be attached to my yearly income tax return. Then you make it to the 'REPERCUSSIONS PORTION' for 'non-payment' of yearly fine. First, your drivers license will be suspended until paid, and if you go 24 consecutive months with 'Non-Payment' and you happen to be a home owner, you will have a federal tax lien placed on your home. You can agree to give your bank information so that they can easy 'Automatically withdraw' your 'penalties' weekly, bi-weekly or monthly! This by no means is 'Free' or even 'Affordable.'

The Affordable Care Act itself states that the IRS cannot file a lien on a property because an uninsured person fails to pay a penalty. Nor can it seize bank accounts or garnish paychecks to recover Obamacare fines. Nor will Americans who refuse to pay for mandatory health insurance be subject to criminal prosecution of any kind.

[lostincalifornia]

1. Chuck Todd should be very proud that it isn't the media's responsibility to correct their lies

[gopiscrap]

3. Fuck the Toad, he's a corporate whore

but I will say that the word needs to get out more about the benefits of the ACA

[lostincalifornia]

5. absolutely /nt

[Mojorabbit]

2. K and R nt

[Isoldeblue]

4. This sort of lying

isn't any different from the kind of false propaganda, the USSR would have been proud of and capable of. And our media, especially CNN and Faux News isn't any different than Tass was.

And the right wing, neo-cons call us communists??? SMH!!

[TxDemChem]

6. I can't stand this bullshit

I'm ready to snap on the first ignoramus who even mentions this crap.

[JoeyT]

7. His fine is 10% of his yearly income?

His premiums and deductible are half his income? Yeah, he was already full of shit in the first paragraph, long before the house claim.

Either he's a liar or he got hold of a phishing website and gave them all his information.