Health care fines press millennials as sign-up deadline nears

Health care fines press millennials as sign-up deadline nears

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of young adults healthy enough to think they don't need insurance face painful choices this year as the sign-up deadline approaches for President Barack Obama's health care law.

Fines for being uninsured rise sharply in 2016 – averaging nearly $1,000 per household, according to an independent estimate. It's forcing those in their 20s and 30s to take a hard look and see if they can squeeze in coverage to avoid penalties. Many are trying to establish careers or just make progress in a still-bumpy economy.

Putin on his Communist Party membership card: ‘I still keep it at home’
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Putin on his Communist Party membership card: ‘I still keep it at home’

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(CNSNews.com) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he still likes the ideas of theoretical communism "very much," and recalled that unlike many others he had not publicly destroyed his Communist Party membership card, but still keeps it at home.

"In contrast to many functionaries I did not throw my membership card away or burn it in public," he told supporters in the southern city of Stavropol. "I still keep it at home."

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