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Related: About this forumWhy The Individual Mandate Is NOT A ‘Massive Tax Hike’ On The Middle Class
The Supreme Court ruled today that the Affordable Care Act, the comprehensive health care reform package signed by President Obama in 2010, is constitutional. The Court upheld the laws most controversial provision, the individual mandate, ruling that it is constitutional under the governments authority to levy and collect taxes.
Republicans have falsely claimed the mandate was the biggest tax increase ever in American history, so of course, conservatives immediately jumped on the idea that the individual mandate was a massive tax hike on the middle class, reviving an argument Republicans have made since the law passed more than two years ago:
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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/28/508062/fact-check-mandate-tax-hike/
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Why The Individual Mandate Is NOT A ‘Massive Tax Hike’ On The Middle Class (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jun 2012
OP
My conservative roomie just told me this; I had no clue what he was talking
babylonsister
Jun 2012
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babylonsister
(171,112 posts)1. My conservative roomie just told me this; I had no clue what he was talking
about. Thanks for the enlightenment.
ashling
(25,771 posts)2. It is not a massive tax hike on the whole middle class
it is, in essence, a $695 fee so that those who do not want to purchase health insurance can receive care at hospital emergency rooms, etc.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. Still a lot cheaper than actually GETTING insurance. Think of it as a tax break for being insured.