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BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes  In House Democrat Health Bill
BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill
BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill From Ryan Ellis on Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:20 PM H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" has been introduced--all 1990 pages of it. This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes. Here they ...
The House Health Bill: Here come the taxes
themoderatevoice.com — Just to be clear, I have not read the entire House health care bill which dropped on... our heads like a roughly 2,000 page albatross yesterday. (I’ve gotten through the first hundred or so, and my hat is off to anyone who reads fast enough to have finished the whole thing already.) However, ... (more) The House Health Bill: Here come the taxes
House Health Bill Removes Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption, Taxes Health Industry
House Health Bill Removes Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption, Taxes Health Industry
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — This morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil the re-tooled Affordable Health Care for America Act ( HR... 3962 ). (Read the bill HERE .) Coming in at around $900 billion over 10 years, the legislation will extend coverage to 36 million Americans (6-7 ... (more) House Health Bill Removes Insurer Anti-Trust Exemption, ...
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Today 80th Anniversary Of Black Tuesday: Nancy Pelosi Celebrates With Health Care Bill
Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Here is some of the disaster she’s wrought: The Bill From Hell Taxes Transparency and more lack of Oppression Government will Regulate… Everything Republican Response Obviously, this is just scraping the surface and there will be more to come. ...

Bill Owens: Move Health Care “As Rapidly As Possible”
RedState — ... Congress needs to overhaul the world’s best health care system ‘as rapidly as possible?’ Who does that sounds like? Today Speaker Pelosi - whom Owens will support if elected - debuted her health care bill. It’s a freight train of big government. It costs $200 billion more than the $900 billion Pelosi claims it costs. It puts government in charge of private insurance rates. It contains 13 new tax hikes.   It makes marriage counselors Medicare providers. It includes a ‘millionaire’s ...

Read It And Weep
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... Taxes in the new health care “reform” . Think these won’t impact you personally? The taxes will have a severe negative effect on jobs. Bet on it. And they kick in immediately while “benefits” from the “reform” don’t start for years. categories ...

Your new taxes
Maggie's Farm — The details of the new taxes in the Dem bill. (h/t, Blue Crab). These would go into effect right away.

H.R. 3962: 1,990 pages… [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — ... That would up Nancy’s botox bills. Americans for Tax Reform points to the 13 major tax hikes in this monstrosity, giving the page number in the document and a brief description. Tell your grannie her hearing aid and wheelchair is going to get taxed. And that heart-value your uncle needs? That, too. And your Health-Savings Accounts or Flexible-Savings Accounts? ...

The House Health Bill: Here come the taxes
The Moderate Voice — ... Just to be clear, I have not read the entire House health care bill which dropped on our heads like a roughly 2,000 page albatross yesterday. (I’ve gotten through the first hundred or so, and my hat is off to anyone who reads fast enough to have finished the whole thing already.) However, Americans for Tax Reform have the manpower to split up the job and have helpfully identified the laundry list of new taxes and fees which will be coming our way to pay for this boondoggle. Here are just a few of the high (low?) lights. ...

House ObamaCare bill: Here comes the taxes!
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Americans for Tax Reform has culled the 1990-page Pelosi health-care overhaul bill to find the taxes that will supposedly collect over $540 billion in revenue over 10 years.  It’s quite an impressive list of new burdens on Americans and their health-care providers and producers — but that’s redundant.  After all, who do you think will end up paying for the medical-device taxes?  It won’t be insurers or doctors: See the ATR post for detailed descriptions of each new tax.  For the moment, I just want to focus on a couple of interesting choices.  For instance, the new ...

Paying for Pelosi's Health Care Bill: Tax after Tax after Tax
Moonbattery — Courtesy of Americans for Tax Reform, Ed Morissey has kindly outlined the taxes that are embedded in that monstrosity that Nanny Pelousy wants to ram down the collective throats of America in the form of ObamaCare: Employer Mandate Excise Tax (Page 275): If an employer does not pay 72.5 percent of a single employee’s health premium (65 percent of a family employee), the employer must pay an excise tax equal to 8 percent of average wages. Small employers (measured by payroll size) have smaller payroll tax rates of 0 percent ( ...

House ObamaCare bill: Here comes the taxes!
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction — ... Americans for Tax Reform has culled the 1990-page Pelosi health-care overhaul bill to find the taxes that will supposedly collect over $540 billion in revenue over 10 years.  It’s quite an impressive list of new burdens on Americans and their health-care providers and producers — but that’s redundant.  After all, who do you think will end up paying for the medical-device taxes?  It won’t be insurers or doctors: ...

If you support the House Democrat health care bill ...
Hyscience — ... If you support the House Democrat health care bill, or are thinking about it, check out this comprehensive list of taxes in the bill for a reality check on your sanity. ...

Health Care Bill: Gut Reactions
Dr. Melissa Clouthier — ... the Congressional Budget Office (spending) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (revenues). A few highlights: When the bill is fully phased-in, it will increase spending by approximately $150-$200 billion annually. Put another way, it will add about a percentage point to federal spending as a portion of the economy. Put yet another way, it will increase the historical size of the federal government by about 5 percent. For a comprehensive list of new taxes, read this. The Health Care Bill is Government-Run Health Care aka Socialized ...

Stuck On Stupid
California Conservative — ... The CBO just admitted what the Democrats don’t want you to hear: that penalties to employers or employees account for $161,000,000,000. Americans for Tax Reform has put together a list of taxes included in this bill: ...

Thirteen new taxes in House Democrat Health-care takeover bill
Sound Politics — Thirteen new taxes in House Democrat Health-care takeover bill Americans for Tax Reform put together the tax increases in the latest version of Obama's health care takeover. Some of these are outright tax increases; some are reductions in deductions, which causes paying increased taxes; some lower the standard for the IRS to rule against the legality of a deduction, which increases the taxes. Especially insidious is the tax on medical devices on page 339. Obama wants a piece of my hip replacement. ...

The 69% increase in capital-gains taxes
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , which the Americans for Tax Reform listed in an effort to make Americans aware of the burdensome cost of the bill.  The Wall Street Journal reports today on one aspect of the new taxes that ATR missed.  The Pelosi Plan, if passed by the Senate, would increase capital-gains taxes 69% from their present level, making them higher than any time since the first Clinton term: House Democrats are funding their new entitlement with a 5.4% surtax on incomes above $500,000 for individuals and above $1 million for joint filers. The surcharge is intended to snag the greatest number of ...

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