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The tax man cometh to police you on Obama health care law

David Goldman

Supreme Court-Health Care-Company Reaction

An opponent of President Barack Obama's health care law demonstrates outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, before the court's ruling on the law. The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama’s historic overhaul is expected to be a boon to most of the health care industry by making coverage more affordable for millions of uninsured Americans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Charles Dharapak

Mitt Romney

FILE - In this June 28, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks about the Supreme Court ruling on health care in Washington. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney say the Supreme Court’s decision last week upholding the president’s health care law gives them each advantages in the roughly dozen of states they are contesting most aggressively. Obama’s team says the decision has swelled the ranks -- by the thousands -- of campaign volunteers in states he won in 2008 and hopes to again to seal his re-election. Romney is claiming success using the ruling as a fundraising tool, saying thousands of small contributions have poured in from across the battleground map as the law’s opponents have seized on Romney as a last hope to repeal it. Both say the groundswell is on their side, and could make the difference in winning and losing. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Carolyn Kaster

Barack Obama

FILE - In this June 21, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney say the Supreme Court’s decision last week upholding the president’s health care law gives them each advantages in the roughly dozen of states they are contesting most aggressively. Obama’s team says the decision has swelled the ranks -- by the thousands -- of campaign volunteers in states he won in 2008 and hopes to again to seal his re-election. Romney is claiming success using the ruling as a fundraising tool, saying thousands of small contributions have poured in from across the battleground map as the law’s opponents have seized on Romney as a last hope to repeal it. Both say the groundswell is on their side, and could make the difference in winning and losing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

David Goldman

Supreme Court-Health Care-Company Reaction,

Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, after the court's ruling was announced. The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama’s historic overhaul is expected to be a boon to most of the health care industry by making coverage more affordable for millions of uninsured Americans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

J. Scott Applewhite

Dave Camp

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law puts the Internal Revenue Service at the center of the debate, renewing questions about whether the agency is capable of policing the health care decisions of millions of Americans while also collecting the taxes needed to fund the federal government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)