This doesn't happen often enough.
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staft Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."
The note was a follow-up to Ensign's questioning at the markup.
look i can see that everyone needs health care there are too many people with out it in the nation but honestly we are supposed to be a free nation how is that when we are being told what to buy when to but it and that if we dont do as we are told that we are going to be punished i dont not like the feeling that I am a little kid again and that I have to report to daddy (the government) if I wanna do something and yea right now you are just talking about health care but you know whats next? I really wish that someone would really just notice and really care about how the economy is affecting the lower class of the nation……. I am a single mom of two kids finally atteneding college to become a nurse and now I have to worry about another bill please just think