There are plenty of tax hikes on working families in H.R. 3200, the House Democrat healthcare bill. Obama has been answering some tough questions about his stance on the bill, but there’s one more question he should answer:

 

 

Just before adjourning, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) snuck in an additional tax hike . It would prevent Americans with health spending accounts like FSAs, HSAs, and HRAs from using the money to buy over-the-counter medicines. Under current law, families can use the money in these accounts to buy things like aspirin, pain relievers, and other non-prescription medicines.

 

Needless to say, most of the roughly 30 million families that have flex-accounts and health savings accounts do not earn more than $250,000 per year. President Obama pledged again and again to never raise “any form” of taxes on families making less than $250,000 per year. Presumably, that included working families buying medicine at the drugstore.

 

Where does Obama stand on the aspirin tax? 

So what about things that aren't technically OTC medications but are things I use my flex money to buy? I'm just thrilled about the prospect of Obama taxing my contact solution now....
>> Carrie Tuesday, September 8, 2009 5:43 PM Report Comment

What else does democrats do but raise taxes, and of course, act stupid. If they have their way, the very air we breathe will be taxed. On second thought, maybe that is already in the Waxman-Markey "stick it to them" bill.
>> Stonewall Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:55 AM Report Comment

This is just one more example of the government trying to control every portion of our lives. I think it is called socialism and is only one step away from communism. This whole thing makes me so sick I'm gonna need health care. I was fine before B. Hussein Obama became our dictator, I mean president.
>> mike Monday, September 14, 2009 1:33 PM Report Comment