KEY VOTE: ATR Urges “Yes” Vote on Daines Amdt 289 to Senate Health Bill
Americans for Tax Reform WILL RATE a vote on Daines Amendment 289 to reimburse taxpayers who paid the Obamacare individual mandate penalty
ATR urges a YES vote
The U.S. Senate is currently considering numerous amendments to their healthcare reform legislation. One amendment, introduced by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) refunds any American families that have been forced to pay Obamacare’s individual mandate tax penalty. Adopting this amendment will grant tax relief to millions of middle and low-income Americans.
ATR urges all Senators to support and vote yes on this important amendment.
-Under Obamacare, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance – as defined by the Obama-era Department of Health and Human Services — must pay an income surtax to the IRS.
-The Obama administration used the Orwellian phrase “shared responsibility payment” to describe this tax.
-Roughly, eight million households pay this tax every year.
-In 2014, Almost 84 percent of families and individuals that paid the tax penalty made less than $50,000.
-46 percent of families and individuals that paid the tax penalty in 2014 made less than $25,000.
-Currently, the tax is a minimum of $695 for individuals, while families of four have to pay a minimum of $2,085.
A state-by-state breakdown is available below:
|
State |
Number of Penalty |
Percentage of |
|
United States |
7,973,490 |
83.7% |
|
Alabama |
102,080 |
88.9% |
|
Alaska |
23,390 |
68.2% |
|
Arizona |
183,690 |
85.9% |
|
Arkansas |
78,780 |
85.6% |
|
California |
1,000,600 |
82.4% |
|
Colorado |
145,120 |
80.5% |
|
Connecticut |
57,000 |
80.2% |
|
Delaware |
17,380 |
84.4% |
|
District of |
7,590 |
81.1% |
|
Florida |
631,410 |
85.3% |
|
Georgia |
261,510 |
86.4% |
|
Hawaii |
13,870 |
82.9% |
|
Idaho |
51,570 |
81.1% |
|
Illinois |
273,640 |
84.9% |
|
Indiana |
176,850 |
85.7% |
|
Iowa |
60,170 |
86.1% |
|
Kansas |
65,780 |
84.5% |
|
Kentucky |
93,650 |
87.1% |
|
Louisiana |
135,510 |
83.5% |
|
Maine |
39,120 |
83.8% |
|
Maryland |
104,340 |
82.4% |
|
Massachusetts |
70,560 |
78.6% |
|
Michigan |
209,320 |
86.5% |
|
Minnesota |
94,440 |
83.2% |
|
Mississippi |
77,980 |
86.5% |
|
Missouri |
143,220 |
85.6% |
|
Montana |
34,250 |
80.3% |
|
Nebraska |
47,150 |
85.5% |
|
Nevada |
87,780 |
84.3% |
|
New Hampshire |
37,240 |
82.1% |
|
New Jersey |
221,150 |
82.5% |
|
New Mexico |
50,750 |
83.6% |
|
New York |
427,100 |
83.2% |
|
North Carolina |
251,530 |
85.8% |
|
North Dakota |
20,460 |
79.3% |
|
Ohio |
235,750 |
88.0% |
|
Oklahoma |
95,910 |
80.9% |
|
Oregon |
92,310 |
81.8% |
|
Pennsylvania |
244,290 |
85.9% |
|
Rhode Island |
23,540 |
87.5% |
|
South Carolina |
122,750 |
86.1% |
|
South Dakota |
18,970 |
84.8% |
|
Tennessee |
159,080 |
86.7% |
|
Texas |
1,066,360 |
80.5% |
|
Utah |
78,530 |
80.5% |
|
Vermont |
15,490 |
82.6% |
|
Virginia |
184,290 |
83.7% |
|
Washington |
154,460 |
78.1% |
|
West Virginia |
45,250 |
84.9% |
|
Wisconsin |
115,500 |
85.9% |
|
Wyoming |
19,600 |
73.5% |