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GOP Budget Revives ‘Obamacare’ Claims

Posted on March 12, 2013

The release of the House GOP budget by Rep. Paul Ryan has sparked a resurgence of false and misleading claims about the Affordable Care Act, which the budget seeks to largely repeal. On the Sunday talk shows, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, and Sen. …
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‘Obamacare’ to cost $20,000 a Family?

Posted on March 1, 2013

Q: Did the IRS say that the cheapest health insurance plan under the federal health care law would cost $20,000 per family? A: No. The IRS used $20,000 in a hypothetical example to illustrate how it will calculate the tax penalty for a family that fails to obtain health coverage …
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