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The public, as ignorant of the specifics of the Law as ever, can be forgiven for believing Republicans that this decision is "the biggest tax hike in history." But that is actually an outright lie .
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posted at July 3, 2012 5:53 PM EDT
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The public, as ignorant of the specifics of the Law as ever, can be forgiven for believing Republicans that this decision is "the biggest tax hike in history."
But that is actually an outright lie. Not only does the "penalty/tax" affect very few people -- only those who have no insurance and reject buying it -- in terms of other tax increases, the entire Affordable Care Act increases taxes less than the Reagan tax increase of 1982. Yes, I acknowledge that there are tax increases in the ACA to pay for helping Americans buy health insurance affordably. Those taxes fall mainly on health care providers like hospitals and device manufacturers, as well as wealthy Americans. Is this ruling then the biggest tax hike in history? You should laugh when you hear that. (Thanks to Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Austin Frakt of the Incidental Economist for the chart on this site below that you can tell your friends to look at if they don't believe you. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-bergthold/whats-next-for-obamacare_b_1645101.html#comments |
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posted at July 4, 2012 10:17 AM EDT
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Romney has already promised to repeal President Obama's Affordable Care Act, if he's elected, even though its the same exact healthcare plan that Governor Romney put in place in Massachusetts. Governor Romney's plan even paid in full ALL ABORTIONS, not just the medically necessary ones to save the mother's life. Romney sure sounds like a hypocrite to me..n Response to WHAT is NEXT FOR OBAMACARE---: The public, as ignorant of the specifics of the Law as ever, can be forgiven for believing Republicans that this decision is "the biggest tax hike in history." But that is actually an outright lie . Not only does the "penalty/tax" affect very few people -- only those who have no insurance and reject buying it -- in terms of other tax increases, the entire Affordable Care Act increases taxes less than the Reagan tax increase of 1982. Yes, I acknowledge that there are tax increases in the ACA to pay for helping Americans buy health insurance affordably. Those taxes fall mainly on health care providers like hospitals and device manufacturers, as well as wealthy Americans. Is this ruling then the biggest tax hike in history? You should laugh when you hear that. (Thanks to Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Austin Frakt of the Incidental Economist for the chart on this site below that you can tell your friends to look at if they don't believe you. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-bergthold/whats-next-for-obamacare_b_1645101.html#comments
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posted at July 4, 2012 1:35 PM EDT
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is there any diffference between RomneycarE and Obamacare? NONE - although Romney pretends there is! (Ben Swann in REALITY CHECK) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYbblB7nnWo&feature=g-all-u |
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posted at July 5, 2012 6:19 PM EDT
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Considering that there are finite resources available, I expect the Medicare Advisory Board (made up of career politicians and non-practicing physicians) to decide the course of treatment or nontreatment for those on Medicare, much like is currently done in the UK. |
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