PoliticalChic
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News Flash: Democrats/Liberals/Progressives labeled "Tax and Spend."
True story.
1. ".... Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, laid bare the taxes on its bills with a separate line item for Affordable Care Act Fees and Taxes.
2. The new taxes on one customers bill added up to $23.14 a month, or $277.68 annually, according to Kaiser Health News. It boosted the monthly premium from $322.26 to $345.40 for that individual.
3. ...new taxes and fees include a 2 percent levy on every health plan, which is expected to net about $8 billion for the government in 2014 and increase to $14.3 billion in 2018.
4. ...a $2 fee per policy that goes into a new medical-research trust fund called the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
5. Insurers pay a 3.5 percent user fee to sell medical plans on the HealthCare.gov Web site.
6. ObamaCare supporters argue that federal subsidies for many low-income Americans will not only cover the taxes, but pay a big chunk of the premiums.
-> -> ->[According to the CBO, in 2015 there will be 36 million uninsured nonelderly Americans. http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43472-07-24-2012-CoverageEstimates.pdf (table 3)]
(Isn't that the way the scam was sold...insuring the 'uninsured'????)
7. ....hidden taxes, such as the 2.3 percent medical-device tax that will inflate the cost of items such as pacemakers, stents and prosthetic limbs....Those with high out-of-pocket medical expenses also will get smaller income-tax deductions....costing taxpayers about $15 billion over 10 years.
8. ...new Medicare tax.....an added 0.9 percent Medicare surtax on top of the existing 1.45 percent Medicare payroll tax. Theyll also pay an extra 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income, such as investment dividends, rental income and capital gains."
New ObamaCare fees coming in 2014 | New York Post
Rumor is the new IQ test is this one question: did you vote for Obama?
True story.
1. ".... Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, laid bare the taxes on its bills with a separate line item for Affordable Care Act Fees and Taxes.
2. The new taxes on one customers bill added up to $23.14 a month, or $277.68 annually, according to Kaiser Health News. It boosted the monthly premium from $322.26 to $345.40 for that individual.
3. ...new taxes and fees include a 2 percent levy on every health plan, which is expected to net about $8 billion for the government in 2014 and increase to $14.3 billion in 2018.
4. ...a $2 fee per policy that goes into a new medical-research trust fund called the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
5. Insurers pay a 3.5 percent user fee to sell medical plans on the HealthCare.gov Web site.
6. ObamaCare supporters argue that federal subsidies for many low-income Americans will not only cover the taxes, but pay a big chunk of the premiums.
-> -> ->[According to the CBO, in 2015 there will be 36 million uninsured nonelderly Americans. http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43472-07-24-2012-CoverageEstimates.pdf (table 3)]
(Isn't that the way the scam was sold...insuring the 'uninsured'????)
7. ....hidden taxes, such as the 2.3 percent medical-device tax that will inflate the cost of items such as pacemakers, stents and prosthetic limbs....Those with high out-of-pocket medical expenses also will get smaller income-tax deductions....costing taxpayers about $15 billion over 10 years.
8. ...new Medicare tax.....an added 0.9 percent Medicare surtax on top of the existing 1.45 percent Medicare payroll tax. Theyll also pay an extra 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income, such as investment dividends, rental income and capital gains."
New ObamaCare fees coming in 2014 | New York Post
Rumor is the new IQ test is this one question: did you vote for Obama?