by Jane Richey | Jan 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care, Politics
Here’s a list of 13 tax increases which began on January 1, 2013: 1.) Payroll Tax 2.) Top Marginal Tax Rate 3.) Phase out of personal exemption 4.) Phase out of itemized deductions 5.) Tax rate on investments 6.) Death Tax 7.) Taxes on business investment Tax...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Health Care
Obamacare prevents Luzerne County Council from adopting an ordinance that would require county employees to work at least 40 hours a week to get health benefits, Assistant County Solicitor David Schwager determined. On Nov. 27, council unanimously approved a motion to...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Health Care
Obamacare’s CLASS Act was repealed in the fiscal cliff deal: This is just one example of how poorly thought out Obamacare was—but this example so captured Congress’s attention that it spurred action. Another part of Obamacare that just took effect, the medical...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Health Care
The law says an employer with 50 or more full-time employees may be subject to a tax penalty if it fails to offer coverage to “its full-time employees (and their dependents).” Employers asked for guidance, and the Obama administration provided it, saying that a...
by Jane Richey | Jan 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Health Care
The fiscal cliff deal contains a one-sentence provision that would block a scheduled cost-of-living adjustment for representatives and senators that is due to take place when the continuing resolution under which the federal government is currently operating expires...
by Jane Richey | Dec 29, 2012 | Health Care
Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Rarely has the government sent so many conflicting signals in so short a time...
