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Dunno about that. Just this past April, millions of dollars were transferred from HHS to the IRS. And, more monies appropriated to the IRS, according to The Hill. Obama administration diverts $500M to IRS to implement healthcare reform law - The Hill's HealthwatchThat lie has been circulating for at least a year.Unbelievable...
Obama just released $880 billion to hire 16,000 NEW IRS employees to who's job it is to collect the tax.
That would be cool if it were true.
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The law contains dozens of targeted appropriations to implement specific provisions. It also gave the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a $1 billion implementation fund, to use as it sees fit. Republicans have called it a slush fund.
HHS plans to drain the entire fund by September before the presidential election, and more than a year before most of the healthcare law takes effect. Roughly half of that money will ultimately go to the IRS.
HHS has transferred almost $200 million to the IRS over the past two years and plans to transfer more than $300 million this year, according to figures provided by a congressional aide.
The Government Accountability Office has said the transfers are perfectly legal and consistent with how agencies have used general implementation funds in the past. The $1 billion fund was set aside for federal implementation activities, the GAO said, and can therefore be used by any agency not just HHS, where the money is housed.
HHS plans to drain the entire fund by September before the presidential election, and more than a year before most of the healthcare law takes effect. Roughly half of that money will ultimately go to the IRS.
HHS has transferred almost $200 million to the IRS over the past two years and plans to transfer more than $300 million this year, according to figures provided by a congressional aide.
The Government Accountability Office has said the transfers are perfectly legal and consistent with how agencies have used general implementation funds in the past. The $1 billion fund was set aside for federal implementation activities, the GAO said, and can therefore be used by any agency not just HHS, where the money is housed.