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The following five new ACA taxes would bring in an additional $567 billion in revenue:
Find Out How Much Obamacare Cost and Why It Doesn't Add to the Debt
NOW for the repeated LIES from Obama...
Obama said "We are not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children,"
FALSEHOOD #1
Even the extreme liberal Politifact.org called the number "Sloppy" in that "It's an over count because it counts non-citizens. Take out the 9.7 million non-citizens and the actual number is closer to 36 million.
So Obama is sloppy by saying it is for "Americans" but not accounting for the non-citizens, which leaves him off by about 22 percent.
Number of those without health insurance about 46 million
FALSEHOOD #2
Obama failed to get 14 million people eligible for Medicaid enrolled. That's all that WAS needed.
There was NO NEED for Obama care to cover these 14 million. All they needed to do is REGISTER with Medicaid. They didn’t know they were eligible UNTIL AFTER Obamacare made them aware!
Proof
From the architect of the ACA, Gruber (the guy who said” Stupidity of voter passed ACA” in Nov 2016, using data from the Census Bureau, estimated that Medicaid “produced 63% of the gains [in coverage] that we identified” for 2014. They also found that much of this gain was attributable to the enrollment in Medicaid of people who were eligible for the program under criteria that preceded the ACA’s Medicaid expansion: Perhaps less obviously, we also found a substantial increase in Medicaid coverage among children and adults who were already eligible for the program before 2014. This population accounted for 44% of the coverage increase.ACA Enrollment Final Numbers for 2017—A Cautionary Tale for Trump and Republicans
http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
Falsehood 3)
18 million Americans under 34 years don't NEED nor WANTED insurance. They can afford their employers' plans as they make over $50,000 but didn’t WANT or need the expense. They pay out-of-pocket for their health care expenses. Error 404
When these 3 falsehoods are subtracted we find there is less than 5 million that truly needed health insurance coverage.
A total over 93% Exaggeration.
A FALSEHOOD that was repeated by the MSM and by Obama.
Health Care Lie: '47 Million Uninsured Americans'
NOW Obama: I used to say 47 million uninsured. Now, it's 30 million.
Obama: I used to say 47 million uninsured. Now, it's 30 million.
- Hospital insurance tax - $212 billion.
- Non-compliance tax - $64 billion.
- Cadillac health insurance tax - $32 billion.
- Medical device and insurers tax - $107 billion.
- Raising medical deduction limit to 10 percent - $104 billion.
Find Out How Much Obamacare Cost and Why It Doesn't Add to the Debt
NOW for the repeated LIES from Obama...
Obama said "We are not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children,"
FALSEHOOD #1
Even the extreme liberal Politifact.org called the number "Sloppy" in that "It's an over count because it counts non-citizens. Take out the 9.7 million non-citizens and the actual number is closer to 36 million.
So Obama is sloppy by saying it is for "Americans" but not accounting for the non-citizens, which leaves him off by about 22 percent.
Number of those without health insurance about 46 million
FALSEHOOD #2
Obama failed to get 14 million people eligible for Medicaid enrolled. That's all that WAS needed.
There was NO NEED for Obama care to cover these 14 million. All they needed to do is REGISTER with Medicaid. They didn’t know they were eligible UNTIL AFTER Obamacare made them aware!
Proof
From the architect of the ACA, Gruber (the guy who said” Stupidity of voter passed ACA” in Nov 2016, using data from the Census Bureau, estimated that Medicaid “produced 63% of the gains [in coverage] that we identified” for 2014. They also found that much of this gain was attributable to the enrollment in Medicaid of people who were eligible for the program under criteria that preceded the ACA’s Medicaid expansion: Perhaps less obviously, we also found a substantial increase in Medicaid coverage among children and adults who were already eligible for the program before 2014. This population accounted for 44% of the coverage increase.ACA Enrollment Final Numbers for 2017—A Cautionary Tale for Trump and Republicans
http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
Falsehood 3)
18 million Americans under 34 years don't NEED nor WANTED insurance. They can afford their employers' plans as they make over $50,000 but didn’t WANT or need the expense. They pay out-of-pocket for their health care expenses. Error 404
When these 3 falsehoods are subtracted we find there is less than 5 million that truly needed health insurance coverage.
A total over 93% Exaggeration.
A FALSEHOOD that was repeated by the MSM and by Obama.
Health Care Lie: '47 Million Uninsured Americans'
NOW Obama: I used to say 47 million uninsured. Now, it's 30 million.
Obama: I used to say 47 million uninsured. Now, it's 30 million.
- Hospital insurance tax - $212 billion.
- Non-compliance tax - $64 billion.
- Cadillac health insurance tax - $32 billion.
- Medical device and insurers tax - $107 billion.
- Raising medical deduction limit to 10 percent - $104 billio