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The Final Battle on Health Care: Everything You Need to Know

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For months, Americans for Tax Reform has kept you up to date on what's going on with the health care battle. With the final vote coming soon, we've compiled snippets of several of our most recent items. Click the "read more" links to see each article in full.

Full List of Backroom Health Deals in "Deem and Pass" Healthcare Bill

"These negotiations will be on C-Span, and so the public will be part of the conversation and we'll see the choices that are being made."
 
On Wednesday, March 17, 2010, House Majority Leader said that, "We're going to have a clean up or down vote on the Senate bill-that will be on the rule." According to Majority Leader, any Member who votes for the health care takeover rule will also be voting "straight up" for all of the bill's special deals.
 
Backroom Deals In the Democrats Health Care Takeover.
 
Click here to see all the Backroom Deals

What Would Investment Tax Rates Be Under the House Reconciliation Bill?

If the House votes for the rule on the budget reconciliation bill this Sunday, the Senate's Christmas Eve healthcare bill gets sent to President Obama's desk and becomes law.
 
That's the main fight right now.
 
However, it pays to look ahead to the House's suggested "improvements" to the Senate healthcare bill which are contained in the reconciliation bill. One of these "improvements" is a 3.8% surtax on "unearned" (investment) income in households making more than $250,000 ($200,000 for singles). 
 
What would the various top tax rates on investment income rise to under this "improvement?"
 
Click here to see the rest of the article.

ATR Will Double-Rate A Vote AGAINST Rule "Deeming" Senate Health Bill As Passed

This Sunday, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on a budget reconciliation bill. The contents of that bill, while damaging to the economy, are secondary in importance to the rule which will precede consideration of the bill itself.
 
The procedural rule will “deem as passed” the Senate healthcare bill which passed that chamber in December. This is the same bill which contains the “Cornhusker Kickback,” “Gator-Aid,” and all the other shady backroom deals. It contains 19 tax hikes totaling $500 billion. It is loaded with phony and unrealistic budget gimmicks which hide the true cost of the bill from taxpayers.
 
Click here to see the entire Vote Alert.

Obamacare's 24 Percent Cap Gains Tax

The actual legislative language of the House Democrat reconciliation bill was released this afternoon.
 
Keep in mind that this is not the "deemed" bill which passed the Senate already. If the reconciliation bill passes the House, the Senate bill becomes law.
 
At that point, the House and Senate will start working on an "improvement" to the Senate healthcare bill from December (which would now be law).
 
Click here to the rest of the article.

ObamaCare: By the Numbers

Americans for Tax Reform today released the following “By the Numbers” breakdown of ObamaCare:
The number of new tax increases in the healthcare bill: 19
The number of tax increases that unquestionably violate President Obama’s “firm pledge” not to raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,000:  7
The tax increase over the first decade if the healthcare bill becomes law: $497 billion
Click here to see the rest of the numbers.

Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax Apply to Capital Gains?

ATR sent a letter to President Obama asking him to clarify whether or not the 2.9 percent surtax on "unearned income" applies to capital gains.
 

Obamacare's Individual Mandate Penalty Is a Tax

A close reading of President Obama's healthcare plan finds several terms to describe the tax Americans will pay if they choose not to purchase qualifying health insurance. These terms include "payment," "assessment," and "individual responsibility."
 
This same tax has also variously been referred to as a "penalty," a "fee," or a "fine."
 
In fact, it's none of those things, precisely. It's a tax. The various synonyms used are designed to hide that simple fact. The reason for wanting to do so is clear: since this tax would be assigned to any uninsured American (including those making less than $250,000 per year), it's a pretty apparent violation of the President's promise not to raise "any form" of taxes on working families.
 

UPDATED: Obamacare Raises Taxes by $748 Billion Over the Next Decade

Today, the White House released President Obama's draft healthcare plan. Below is a comprehensive analysis of all the tax provisions. Where possible, scores have been assigned based on earlier versions of the legislation passed by the Senate, the President's budget, and (in the case of applying the Medicare tax to unearned income) my own estimates based on IRS data (all scores are 10-year estimates):
 

Obamacare Plan Breaks $250,000 Tax Pledge

The following is a breakout of all the net taxes from the Obamacare plan which fall (or easily could fall) directly on families making less than $250,000 per year.
 
Based on our analysis, we find that the "working families tax hike" subset is a ten-year tax increase of $136 billion on these households.
 

The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda

President Obama has repeatedly attempted to sell his government takeover of healthcare as a centerist, middle of the road policy. Something that won't be radical, but rather will be 'consensus' based.
 
Well, liberal-blogger & columnist Ezra Kein has blown the lie out of the water, and gloated, in great detail, how despite the so-called "compromises", this bill is an unparalleled massive government takeover of healthcare which will lead to greater government control over every aspect of our lives, and is a ideological, not practical, measure:
 
 
To see what else we've written about health care, click here. 

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Comments

i think it is stupid why would obama try to pass all this stuff his first year in office if you aks me i think he is a great talker but he is not a great president so all this stuff is going to make him not get re- elected or he will be in-peached sorry mister obama.Repubicans rule and try to change thing in which we all se it dont work it just gets us in more debt lol.
>> coty Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:07 PM Report Comment

Coty, as a lifelong (I'm 68) conservative, you need to know that the Republicans are just as guilty of reckless spending as the Democrats. The mounting unsustainable debt is as much the GOP's fault as the liberal left Democratic Party.
>> AGGREEN Friday, March 19, 2010 8:21 AM Report Comment

Read The Obama Timeline to learn how we got into this mess.
>> Colony14Author Monday, March 22, 2010 10:05 AM Report Comment

The most irritating thing about Healthcare reform is that Congress straight up refuses to listen to the American people. We have been protesting and calling and begging Congress not to pass this, but they do it anyway because OBVIOUSLY they know what is best. I can't wait to see all the lawsuits come down because of this thing. Obama is going to go down in history as the President who tried to bypass the Constitution.
>> Caitlin Monday, March 22, 2010 11:29 AM Report Comment

The things that Congress is doing now is similar to what England did that forced us to go to war. Taxation without representation. Sure we have representatives but they do not listen to the people they represent! So basically we have no representation. Not to mention the first question any of them should be asking is "Is this constitutional? " They violate their oath as soon as they walk into the Capitol! Everyone needs to get out and vote. Its a sorry thing to see that only 20-30% of the voting public really vote. We forgot that freedom is not free and need to be guarded and watched over or we will get the government that we have now! God Bless America! Get out and vote!!!!
>> DMiller2911 Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:10 AM Report Comment

They look like the Mod Squad... except they've gone off script.
>> TAD Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:25 PM Report Comment

where the HELL were you people when bush was in office. the debt and taxing came from his administration you idiots...lol. Because our ancestors decided to fight the Indians and needed help, they asked the British. When the British wanted repayment for there services for helping in the Indian wars we didn't want to pay. So the British decided to impose a stamp and tea tax. To re-collect what they were owed. The colonies had no choice but to dress up like Indians and destroy all the tea. Hey i guess we can't owe you something you don't have anymore...was their strategy.
>> Marcus Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:05 PM Report Comment

Google ...'The father of Canada's Health care system.' 'Canada's Health Care system.'
>> Thomas Laprade Friday, March 26, 2010 8:23 PM Report Comment

We do need to vote them out, all that voted for the Health care bill and any other tax and destroy bill that comes up be for November.
>> Helen Sunday, March 28, 2010 8:48 PM Report Comment

Marcus, The additional debt that we were carrying when Bush was in office was a result of an attack on the US and the subsequent wars that we waged because of it. It is no where near the massive spending being done now. Don't forget the push for people to buy housed that they couldn't afford. That was a result of the US government exceeding their authority under the Constitution causing the economic failure we are living under now. Continued in next post.
>> DMiller2911 Monday, March 29, 2010 6:23 PM Report Comment

Continued - The comment about our ancestors deciding to fight the indians and need British support was because the French decided to ally with them to attach the colonies. It was called the French & Indian war. The British naturally defended their colonies as any parent country would. Where England failed was they taxed the colonies without allowing the colonies any representation. Which was wrong. Our Congress is wrong in shoving a health care plan down our throats that the majority of American people did not want. Similar like England did with the stamp and tea act on the colonies. They are arrogant and self serving and really don't give a damn about they people of this country. God Bless America. Get out and vote.
>> DMiller2911 Monday, March 29, 2010 7:00 PM Report Comment

I am absolutely disgusted by the whole thing. I hope everyone in my district votes our so-called " Rep " out, as well as the puppet Senator that our crooked Governor appointed without a vote. The only thing that is black in this administration are the shirts ( healthcare etc. ) and the overhead light that has the media tripping on the bright colors. This whole " reform " as they call it is " taxation without representation " and that is UNConstitutional every and all the time.
>> John Hanover Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:20 PM Report Comment

What happened to need to know radio? With Jay Z? This was a very educational show
>> Mike Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:37 PM Report Comment

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