Here’s more of the Democrat/Obama/Pelosi’s vision for healthcare in Amerika, screw married couples.
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From the WSJ:
The built-in “marriage penalty” in both House and Senate healthcare bills has received scant attention. But for scores of low-income and middle-income couples, it could mean a hike of $2,000 or more in annual insurance premiums the moment they say “I do.”
The disparity comes about in part because subsidies for purchasing health insurance under the plan from congressional Democrats are pegged to federal poverty guidelines. That has the effect of limiting subsidies for married couples with a combined income, compared to if the individuals are single.
People who get their health insurance through an employer wouldn’t be affected. Only people that buy subsidized insurance through new exchanges set up by the legislation stand to be impacted. About 17 million people would receive such subsidies in 2016 under the House plan, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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For an unmarried couple with income of $25,000 each, combined premiums would be capped at $3,076 per year, under the House bill. If the couple gets married, with a combined income of $50,000, their annual premium cap jumps to $5,160 — a “penalty” of $2,084.
Good for the divorce lawyers.
Stay single people.
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Wait until we finally find all the turds stuffed in this 2000 page shit sandwich. There will be a lot more dishonest Democrat sacks of shit going the way of Chris (Countrywide) Dodd. I honestly think even the koolaid drinking, govt cheese-eatin, food stamp lickin’ dems are gonna be pissed eventually, not just the working (non-union) Dems.
Can’t wait till they start to blame the republicans for this mess. I’m guessing it will be something like “its’ there fault because they didn’t suggest any alternatives.”.
Sad thing is, I’m sure there will be some americans who actually will believe them.