> nancy pelosi, a caring person in a "free" country

> hope and change

> According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family
> non-group plan under the Speaker's bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.

> PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
> JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats' Mandate Can Lead to 5
> Years in Jail
> Friday, November 06, 2009

> Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave
> Camp
> (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on
> Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the
> individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi
> health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail.
> The JCT letter  makes clear that Americans who do not maintain
> "acceptable health insurance coverage" and who choose not to pay the
> bill's new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are
> subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal
> fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.

> Prosecution 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."