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If corporations are people will they have to pay the fine for not purchasing healthcare?

In the US the healthcare system now includes a mandate that each person must have healthcare or pay a fine/tax. Since Corporations are legally considered persons does that make them subject to the tax as well? If they don't pay it can we jail it/them? But seriously what is the situation for corporations there since they are legally people don't they have the same obligations?

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    Corporations are legal persons in SOME aspects of life. Not all. Since a corporation has no health to insure, they will not pay the tax.

  • 9 years ago

    Corporations above a certain size are required to provide health care to their employees, or pay a penalty for each employee, who will then be able to purchase health insurance through the State run insurance exchanges, and employees will received subsidies to purchase insurances, based on their income level.

    Starting in 2014: Impose a $2,000 per employee penalty on employers with more than 50 employees who do not offer health insurance to their full-time workers (as amended by the reconciliation bill).

    Small businesses will receive tax credits to cover their employees.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The is no federal law that requires companies to buy health insurance for their employees. It is just a perk to attract talented people to work for them.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    yes. in fact under obamacare companies that don't carry HC insurance will have to pay a fine....uh......penalty........i think they are calling it a tax now?

    oh right. like Pyramid said. obama gave exemptions to his buddies.

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    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Not the ones Obama gave exemptions to. Like the ones that donate to his campaigns for instance.

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