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Originally Posted by mmcfadden
i'm kinda looking for debunking on the below listed... specifically 149, 150 and 167
? Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll.
? Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll.
? Page 167: Any individual who doesn't have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
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149/150- not accurate. the penalty isn?t incurred if an employer "does not offer the public option," as the e-mail claims. Rather, it?s a penalty for not offering health insurance to employees.
167- true. This is the mechanism in the bill to enforce the individual mandate requiring everyone to have insurance. A person who doesn?t have insurance that meets minimum benefit standards (or other acceptable coverage, such as a plan that was grandfathered in) would pay a penalty of 2.5 percent of modified adjusted gross income for the year. The total penalty can?t exceed a national average premium for individual coverage, or family coverage if applicable.