Like Nancy Pelosi said, we had to pass it to find out what is in it. The Obama health care boodoggle is just bursting with new, hidden taxes on everyone.
ShareYour medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It’s a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Obama’s health care overhaul.
The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest companies, employers say. Most of that is likely to be passed on to workers.
Employee benefits lawyer Chantel Sheaks calls it a “sleeper issue” with significant financial consequences, particularly for large employers.
“Especially at a time when we are facing economic uncertainty, (companies will) be hit with a multi-million dollar assessment without getting anything back for it,” said Sheaks, a principal at Buck Consultants, a Xerox subsidiary.Based on figures provided in the regulation, employer and individual health plans covering an estimated 190 million Americans could owe the per-person fee.
Incidentally, who here believes that it only takes $63 per person to cover the actual cost of covering non-discrimination against pre-existing conditions?
Or the %3 house sale tax ( weather a profit or not) is not just another redistribution of your wealth.
WTF?
3%?
I missed that one. More info please.
Greg – RJ’s comment was slightly misleading,though I am certain – this was not his intent!
In other words, our tax code has just increased in it’s profound ability to confuse and stifle, even the most creative minds!It’s a regular, old-fashioned, cluster-maneuver.
Nota thanks for the clarification, Greg sorry for the misinfo.
I understood there was a straight sales tax buried within the bill applied to all real estate sales separate from the capital gains taxes.
I did not read the bill but saw an experpt way back when it first came out.
Hey I been wrong before, yup shoulda googled that one….I was wrong.
I figured that’s what happened. The rumor floating around was straight sales tax. An evenly applied tax would cause an uproar, though. If they limit it – as they have – then, it fits nicely into the classwar meme they’re pushing.
Yup I still hate it and even if I sold I would not be close to having to pay it.
Class war = divide and conquer
Whew.
Hate to say it, even though I try to save as much as possible, my house is my investment. When I do sell, it’s gonna get me out of this hell hole.
Although I’m under no delusion that DC isn’t trying to figure out how to screw us out of that too. Just like CA is trying like hell to figure out his to do away with prop 13.