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Citizens’ Council on Health Care Health Freedom Minute April 19, 2010 21 Taxes Welcome to the Health Freedom Minute. T...

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Citizens’ Council on Health Care

Health Freedom Minute April 19, 2010

21 Taxes Welcome to the Health Freedom Minute. This is Twila Brase president of Citizensʼ Council on Health Care. On Friday, I told you the Heritage Foundation released a list of 18 new ObamaCare taxes. Upon closer inspection, I believe there are actually 21 new taxes. Heritage combined the employer mandate and the individual mandate into one tax. I count them as two. There are also two additional revenue streams we view as taxes. So not only is there an increase in the payroll tax, a new tax on investment income, a 40 percent tax on high cost health plans, a tanning tax, a higher threshold before medical expenses can be deducted, an annual fee on pharmaceutical companies and insurers and medical device manufacturers, and more…There is also a $2 per enrollee fee for a new intrusive research center that will restrict access to care, and health insurance exchanges can impose operating fees. Find Heritageʼs list at healthfreedomminute.net.

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