Washington — A centerpiece of the new health care law calls on most Americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or start paying fines collected by the Internal Revenue Service. But IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said Monday that federal agents won't chase after people who don't pay up.
"These are not the kinds of things we send agents out about," he said. "These are things where you get a letter from us. Congress was very careful to make sure there was nothing too punitive in this bill."
In a speech at the National Press Club, Shulman noted that the new health care measure expressly bans the IRS from seizing assets or pursuing criminal charges against people who don't pay their fines. The agency could, however, garnishee people's future tax refunds as a form of payment, he said.
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