If you don’t buy health insurance you will be fined (not taxed).  Period.  That is, unless you won’t be.

Since the implementation of ObamaCare (remember, not a single Republican voted in favor–this is a wholly Democrat sponsored bill) there have been 13 separation exemptions approved and added for sectors of society (individuals) to not have to buy health insurance.  These include people who are homeless, people who have filed for bankruptcy, people who have experienced a fire or other financial emergency.

This broad swath of exemptions already includes millions of people.  They don’t have to buy insurance.  But they also will not be denied health care.  They show up to the emergency room and are treated.  The E.R. doctor or triage nurse takes the place of their Primary Care Physician.  So who pays for it?  You and I do.

These exemptions were extended conveniently to be in effect until when?  After the mid-term elections in 2016, of course.

Now, there is a new exemption that actually was added quietly back in December.  This exemption includes those people who have or will lose their insurance because it was one of the “old, outdated” policies that did not meet the minimum standards for inclusion into the health care law.

How does one apply for the new exemption?  Simply state that you lost your insurance and can’t find an affordable one in the exchanges.  The change to the law (illegal, as it is) does not define what “hardship” means either.  If someone is claiming the exemption be reason of a hardship, they are encouraged (not required) to submit documentation, “if possible”.  The exemption even applies to people who live in one of the states that opted to not extend Medicare eligibility.  That sounds like discrimination to me.  Why should someone be fined for not buying insurance just because their state is more financially solvent than another?

HHS Secretary Sebelius defends the law saying that, “It’s been really aimed at people who could not afford coverage one way or another.”  Wait a minute.  I thought we were supposed to cancel our cable and cell phone bills in order to afford ObamaCare.

Once the individual mandate is loosened to the point of no longer being a mandate, does not this law lose its main purpose?  There will not be enough people buying insurance to keep premiums down for everyone else.  The whole house of cards is about to come down.  I, for one, look forward to a reshuffling of this particular deck.