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How the ObamaCare Tax Penalty (fee) Works

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Your tax penalty (shared responsibility fee) for not having insurance is paid on your federal income taxes at the end of the year. If your taxable income is below 133% of the federal poverty level you are exempt from this tax.

2014 = $95 per person per year or 1% of your Income
2015 = $325 per person per year or 2% of your Income
2016 = $695 per person per year or 2.5% of your Income
2017 = Tax Penalty will increase by the rate of inflation going forward, or 2.5% of your Income

• If you’re uninsured for just part of the year, 1/12 of the yearly penalty applies to each month you’re uninsured.

• The penalty is based on modified adjusted gross income and is paid on your federal income taxes.

• The total penalty for the taxable year cannot exceed the national average of the annual premiums of a bronze-level health insurance plan offered through the health insurance marketplaces.

• The maximum penalty per family is capped at no more than 300% of the minimum penalty (e.g. $695 x 300% = $2,085).

• Children under 18 are assessed at 50% of the minimum penalty.

• The penalty is pro-rated for the number of months you are without health insurance, though there is no penalty for a single gap in coverage of less than 3 months in a year.

• Health insurance plans will provide proof of coverage for their customers so as long as you have health insurance you don’t have to worry about the details.

 

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Keep Your Hippocratic Oath Free Justina Pelletier

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Hippocratic Oath

n.

An oath of ethical professional behavior sworn by new physicians and attributed to Hippocrates.

 

I swear by Apollo the Physician, Asclepius, Hygeia, Panaceia, and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill this oath and this covenant according to my ability and judgment: 
To regard him who teaches me the art of medicine as equal to my parents; to share my life with him and, if he is in need, my sustenance; to regard his children as my brothers and to teach them this art, if they wish to learn it, without fee or covenant; to give instruction, written, oral, and practical, to my sons and the sons of my teacher, as well as to any students who have signed a covenant and sworn an oath according to the canons of our profession, but to no others. 
I will apply therapeutic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment, and will abstain from harm and wrongdoing. 
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone requesting it, nor will I recommend the use of such. Likewise I will not give a woman an abortive drug. 
I will live my life and practice my art in purity and in holiness. 
I will not perform surgery, even on sufferers from stone, but will not interfere with those who engage in such work. 
Whatever houses I enter, I will do so for the benefit of the sick, refraining from all intentional wrongdoing and misconduct, particularly from sexual involvement with persons of either gender, whether free or slaves. 
I will not divulge anything of a private nature regarding people’s personal lives that I see or hear, whether in the course of my professional activities or not, because I recognize the shamefulness of revealing such information. 
If I carry out this oath and do not break it, may I find satisfaction in life and the practice of my profession and may I deserve honor among men forever. If I violate it and swear falsely, may the opposite be my lot.

Executive leadership Boston Children’s Hospital
 
Sandra L. Fenwick, President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Churchwell, MD, Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Operating Officer

Leadership

President and Chief Executive Officer: Sandra L. Fenwick

Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and Chief Operating Officer: Kevin Churchwell, MD

Physician-in-Chief, Pediatrician in Chief, Chair of Department of Medicine: Gary R. Fleisher, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief: James Kasser, MD

Executive Director, Heart Center: Michael J. Anderegg

Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer: Dick Argys

Executive Director, Satellite Clinical Operations: Julee Bolg, RN, MS, MBA

Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer: Margaret Coughlin

Chief Innovation Officer: Naomi Fried, PhD

Vice President, Clinical Services: Michael Gillespie

Vice President, Research Administration: Gus Cervini

Vice President, Government Relations: Josh Greenberg

Senior Vice President, Chief Safety and Quality Officer: Kathy Jenkins, MD

Vice President, Strategy: Jean Mixer

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer: Daniel Nigrin, MD, MS

Senior Vice President and General Counsel: Stuart Novick, Esq.

Chief Investment Officer: Phil Rotner

Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer: Laura J. Wood, DNP, MS, RN

Vice President, Human Resources: Inez Stewart

President, Children’s Hospital Trust: Lynn Susman

Vice President of Support Services: Henry Tomasuolo

Chief Financial Officer (CFO): Doug Vanderslice

Executive Director, Satellite Administrative Operations: Jane Venti

Senior Vice President, Network Development and Strategic Partnerships: Wendy Warring, JD

Vice President, Real Estate Planning and Development: Charles Weinstein, Esq.

Department and division chiefs

Department of Anesthesiology 
Paul R. Hickey, MD, Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

Department of Cardiac Surgery: Pedro Del Nido

Department of Cardiology: James Lock, MD, Cardiologist-in-Chief

Department of Dentistry: Man Wai Ng

Department of Laboratory Medicine: Orah Platt

Department of Medicine:
Gary Fleisher, Physician-in-Chief
Frederick Lovejoy, Associate Physician-in-Chief

Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine: S. Jean Emans

Division of Clinical Pediatric Oncology: Lisa R. Diller

Division of Developmental Medicine: Leonard Rappaport, MD, MS

Division of Emergency Medicine: Richard G. Bachur, MD

Division of Endocrinology: Joseph A. Majzoub, MD

Division of Gastroenterology/Nutrition: Wayne I. Lencer, MD

Clinical Research Center:
Stavroula Osganian, MD, ScD, MPH
Ellis Neufeld

Division of General Pediatrics: Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD

Division of Genetics: Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD

Division of Hematology/Oncology: David A. Williams, MD

Division of Immunology: Raif Geha, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases: Michael Wessels, MD

Division of Molecular Medicine: Stephen Harrison, PhD

Division of Nephrology: William E. Harmon, MD

Division of Newborn Medicine: Stella Kourembanas, MD

Division of Respiratory Diseases: Craig Gerard, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology: Scott L. Pomeroy, MD, PhD

Division of Epilepsy: 
Blaise Bourgeois, MD

Department of Neurosurgery: Alan Cohen, MD, FACS, FAAP

Department of Ophthalmology: David G. Hunter, MD, PhD

Department of Orthopedic Surgery: James R. Kasser, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief

Division of Sports Medicine: Lyle J. Micheli, MD

Department of Otolaryngology: Michael J. Cunningham, MD

Department of Pathology: Mark Daniel Fleming, MD, DPhil

Department of Plastic Surgery: John G. Meara, MD, DMD, MBA

Section of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: Bonnie L. Padwa, DMD, MD

Department of Psychiatry: David R. DeMaso, MD

Division of Psychology: Eugene J. D’Angelo, PhD

Department of Radiology: Richard L. Robertson, Jr., MD

Division of Computed Tomography: Michael J. Callahan, MD

Division of Diagnostic Radiology: Kirsten Ecklund, MD

Division of Interventional Radiology: Darren B. Orbach, MD, PhD

Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Caroline D. Robson, MB, ChB

Division of Neuroradiology: Caroline D. Robson, MB, ChB

Division of Nuclear Medicine/PET: 
Stephan D. Voss, MD, PhD
Laura Drubach

Division of Ultrasound: Carol E. Barnewolt, MD

Department of Surgery: Robert C. Shamberger, MD

Division of Gynecology: Marc R. Laufer, MD

Department of Urology: David A. Diamond, MD

Genomics: Louis Kunkel, PhD

Informatics: Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD

Neuroscience: Clifford Woolf, PhD

Stem Cell/Developmental Biology: Leonard Zon, MD

Vascular Biology: Marsha A. Moses, PhD

Everyone listed above is responsible in whole or in part of this DCF

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ANJRPC Permitting StrikeForce! – Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs

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ANJRPC Permitting StrikeForce! – Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs.

 

ANJRPC LAUNCHES STATEWIDE CRACKDOWN

ON PERMITTING ABUSES!

Contact ANJRPC’S Permitting StrikeForce™ Today

With Permitting Abuses You Have Suffered!

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On February 25, 2014, ANJRPC announce the launch of its Permitting StrikeForce™ program—an ambitious statewide initiative to address firearms permitting abuses throughout the entire Garden State. The program is aimed at ending, once and for all, the extensive delays, unauthorized conditions, and other widespread abuses plaguing the issuance of firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.

“We are serving legal notices covering each and every one of New Jersey’s 565 municipalities, informing them of their obligations in no uncertain terms,” said ANJRPC Executive Director Scott Bach. “Once we complete this legal sweep of the entire state, we intend to systematically crack down on specific abuses town by town until they are addressed.” 

The notices will facilitate possible legal action against non-compliant towns, and include a detailed 10-page analysis of current law, together with copies of controlling legal documents, including an important new court decision forbidding additional conditions on permit applications beyond what state law already requires. Many towns impose outrageous, unauthorized conditions including employer notification, spousal consent, disclosure of all household member names, and passing a written exam.

Many municipalities also ignore state law requiring application decisions within 30 days; some applicants wait over 8 months or longer before getting a decision. Other municipalities improperly ration handgun purchase permits, which is explicitly prohibited.  Some towns also deny applications based solely on residency in public housing

“Permitting authorities need to understand that we have entered a new era after the groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the Heller and McDonald cases,” said Bach. “It is unlawful to interfere with Second Amendment rights by abusing the permitting process, and ANJRPC will spare no effort or expense to stop further abuse.”

ANJRPC first began addressing permitting issues on a case-by-case basis in 2009. Recent legal developments made it viable to launch ANJRPC’S Permitting StrikeForce™ as the first-ever comprehensive compliance sweep over the entire state. The program is synergistic and complementary with the efforts of other organizations on permitting issues.

ANJRPC’s Permitting StrikeForce™ needs YOU!  Please tell us about unauthorized conditions, delays, permit rationing, and public housing denials in your town. Your identity will be protected, but your input will help us get the job done! Please email strikeforce@anjrpc.org or leave a message at (973) 697-9270.  Please include as much detail as you can, including (if possible) the following:

  • Municipality, Town, or Barracks
  • Type of Permit applied for (FID or Handgun Purchase Permit)
  • Date application was submitted & current status
  • What was submitted (what forms, documents, etc.)
  • Copies of unusual forms or requirements (if available)
  • Detail all contact with permitting authority since submission (dates, content, contact name, what you were told, etc.)
  • Your name and contact information
  •  Any other pertinent details

 

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS!  JOIN or DONATE TO ANJRPC TODAY!

 

SUBSCRIBE TO ANJRPC’S FREE EMAIL ALERTS.

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Temporary Restraining Order Against BATFE – Ares Armor

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Temporary Restraining Order Against BATFE

Temporary Restraining Order Against BATFE

Published: 03/12/2014 03:54:44 PM

 

 

Lycurgan, Inc. Ares Armor

208 N Freeman St

Oceanside, CA 92054

TO: Whom It May Concern

FROM: Dimitrios Karras, CEO Ares Armor

SUBJ: Temporary Restraining Order Against BATFE

DATE: March 12, 2014

Sir or Ma’am,

Last week the BATFE Raided EP Armory based on a determination letter that had deemed the 80% Polymer product to be a firearm.  The determination letter that the BATFE used to obtain warrants against EP Armory is based on incorrect information about the manufacturing process.  The BATFE has been notified of their error and the incorrectness of their determination based on this error.

This week on Monday, March 10th the BATFE threatened to raid us even though they are fully aware that their determination letter is factually incorrect. They requested that we turn over a list of every customer that had purchased a polymer lower from us and turn over the remaining inventory that we have.

Our customer’s privacy is of the utmost importance to us. I cannot in good moral conscience turn over a list of names to the BATFE just because they unduly threaten us with an unjust raid based on information they KNOW TO BE FALSE!

For the time we are SAFE! We were granted a Temporary Restraining Order against the BATFE on March 11th. The following is the declaration that I made during the process of obtaining this TRO:

Declaration of Dimitrios Karras, CEO Ares Armor

In regards to the events surrounding Ares Armor’s interaction with EP Armory’s products and the threats made towards Ares Armor by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE.) The following declarations are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

I, Dimitrios Karras, state:

1. During a meeting with the BATFE around the end of 2012 that was unrelated to EP Armory’s product, the Agent that was present very strongly requested that I turn over Ares Armor’s customer list. He intimidated me with the possibility of criminal charges if he was not satisfied. This was the first attempt the BATFE made to intimidate Ares Armor into turning over private customer information.

2. An 80% lower is an industry term for an unfinished receiver that is not considered to be a firearm.

3. EP Armory manufactures an 80% lower receiver made from polymer.

4. Ares Armor purchases and then resells many products one of which is the 80% Polymer Lowers that are made by EP Armory.

5. In the regular course of business I have seen many different 80% http://thebonfiremedia.com/tag/ar/” title=”View all articles about AR here”>AR-15 receivers.

6. EP Armory’s product is no different than standard 80% receivers that are sold openly and that the BATFE has consistently determined to not be a firearm. EP Armory’s product is in compliance with previous BATFE Determinations and is not a firearm.

7. The BATFE has Raided EP Armory based on incorrect information about EP Armory’s manufacturing process. The determination letter written by the BATFE incorrectly classified the EP Armory product as a firearm based on faulty information. The BATFE was under the impression that EP Armory was making a firearm and then reverting back to the 80% stage by filling in the fire-control cavity. At no point during the manufacturing process by EP Armory is a weapon made and then reverted. The solid fire-control cavity is built first and the rest of the 80% casting is made around this “core” specifically so that their product at no time could be considered to be a firearm.

a. As can be seen in Exhibit 1-3. The BATFE has consistently determined that the machining operations that cannot be performed in order to not be considered a firearm are as follows:

1. Milling out of fire-control cavity.

2. Selector-lever hole drilled.

3. Cutting of trigger slot.

4. Drilling of trigger pin hole.

5. Drilling of hammer pin hole.

b. EP Armory’s product is consistent with the BATFE’s many previous determinations.
c. At no time during EP Armory’s manufacturing process are any of the aforementioned 5 operations in a state that could cause a reasonable person to believe that EP Armory’s product would be considered a firearm.

8. The BATFE has been appropriately informed of their mistake. However, even though they have no determination that is based on fact, they are knowingly using their fiction based determination to intimidate Ares Armor with threats in order to inappropriately gain access to information that is private and should be protected.

9. I received communication on or about 3/10/2014 from our legal counsel (Jason Davis) that the BATFE was in the process of obtaining a warrant against Ares Armor based on their incorrect determination of EP Armory’s Product. I was advised that the BATFE had offered to forego obtaining a warrant if Ares Armor was willing to:

a. Hand over all of EP Armory’s 80% Lowers.
b. Turn over Ares Armor customer’s private information to the BATFE.

In exchange for turning over our customer’s private information the BATFE said that they would not “raid” Ares Armor’s facilities and would not pursue “criminal” charges. This made me feel as if I was being extorted. I agreed to their terms in order to delay an impending and unjust raid against Ares Armor long enough to obtain legal protection under the law.

10. I have been unjustly threatened with raids and criminal charges in an attempt by the BATFE to obtain information that is private and protected. The BATFE has expressed interest in obtaining Ares Armor’s customer list in the past and is now attempting to strong-arm us with undue threats based on information they know to be incorrect.

11. I am now in constant fear for the safety of my employees, my customers and myself.

Executed March 10, 2014 Oceanside, CA

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Dimitrios Karras

Sincerely,

Dimitrios Karras, CEO Ares Armor

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