#IWANTREPEAL: Six Million Americans – 2 Million More than Expected – Will Face Tax Under Dems’ Healthcare Takeover
FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Ben Chandler (KY-06), David Cicilline (RI-01), Mark Critz (PA-12), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Steve Israel (NY-03), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Bill Owens (NY-21), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Betty Sutton (OH-16), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Tim Walz (MN-01)
Six Million Americans – 2 Million More than Expected – Will Face Tax Under Barrow’s Healthcare Takeover
CBO Confirms that ObamaCare Is a Tax on the Middle Class, Will Punish Millions More than Expected with Average Tax of $1,200 Per Family
WASHINGTON — According to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, six million – up from four million – Americans will be taxed under John Barrow’s big-government takeover of healthcare (Roll Call #460, 7/11/2012). In a time when Barrow’s out-of-touch, reckless policies have made a bad economy worse, now his healthcare overhaul is set to tax uninsured families an average of $1,200 after ObamaCare takes full effect.
“It’s official – the core of John Barrow and Barack Obama’s healthcare takeover is a massive tax hike on millions of middle class families,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Every time a new study comes out about Barrow’s takeover of healthcare, another Democrat promise is broken and there’s more bad news for middle-class families.”
The CBO report says 6 million people – a 50 percent increase – will see a tax penalty, and the tax will fall predominantly on middle class families:
“Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said Wednesday. Most would be in the middle class. …
“Average penalty: about $1,200 in 2016.” (Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, “Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people,” Associated Press, 9/20/2012)
However, President Obama was adamant that the mandate is not a tax on American families who are already dealing with higher costs, degraded quality of care and less choices due to ObamaCare:
“’No. That’s not true, George. The — for us to say that you’ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase…,’ [said President Obama].” (“Obama: Mandate Is Not A Tax,” ABC News, 9/20/09)
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