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Tag Archives: health care law
Biggest Tax Increase in History?
Q: Is the new health care law “the biggest tax increase in history”? A: In raw dollars, perhaps. But several tax increases just since 1968 were larger as percentages of the economy, or in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Post-Supreme Court Spin
Shortly after the Supreme Court upheld the federal health care law’s constitutionality on June 28, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney wrongly said the law “puts the federal government between you and your doctor.” The law doesn’t create a government-run medical system. Read more about Romney’s and President Obama’s false …
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Taxes on ‘Sick Puppies’?
The National Republican Congressional Committee claims the federal health care law taxes “sick puppies,” but that’s a big stretch. No puppies are taxed by the law. Instead, the reference is to a tax on medical devices. For more, see our June 19 story, “NRCC: ‘Obamacare’ Taxes Sick Puppies.”
How Much Is the Obamacare ‘Tax’?
Q: How much will the “tax” penalty be for going without health insurance? A: The minimum assessment will be $695 per person (but no more than $2,085 per family) in 2016, when fully phased in. The amount can be higher depending on income. But there are exemptions for low-income persons …
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Premium Hype
Both Republicans and the Obama administration have pushed misleading claims on what impact the federal health care law has on insurance premiums. For more on this issue, see “Misleading on Premiums” from March 26.
Small Businesses and the Health Care Law
Is the Affordable Care Act “devastating to small businesses,” as some critics claim? We find such assertions are overblown. The law is actually beneficial to truly small companies. See “GOP’s ‘Job-Killing’ Whopper, Again” (Feb. 21) for more on claims about the impact on small businesses.
‘Obama’s Promise,’ Part II
And now, the rest of the story on that misleading “Obama’s Promise” ad from Crossroads GPS. Besides the almost totally false claim that we covered earlier, the ad also: Claims the president broke a promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure, when in fact 5.9 million have received assistance. Gives a …
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