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Beware: ObamaCare’s now reality
New York Post ^ | November 13, 2012 | BETSY McCAUGHEY

Posted on 11/13/2012 10:32:33 AM PST by Ooh-Ah

President Obama’s re-election and Democratic gains in the US Senate end any possibility of repealing the Obama health law. It will roll out as written, imposing major changes soon on you and your family. If you are uninsured because you can’t afford it, help may be on the way. But if you are one of the 250 million Americans with coverage, there are big problems ahead.

If you get your health insurance through a job, you might lose it as of Jan. 1, 2014. That’s when the new “employer mandate” kicks in, requiring employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide the government-designed health plan or pay a fine. The government plan is so expensive, it adds $1.79 per hour to the cost of a full-time employee. That’s incidental if you're hiring neurosurgeons but a hefty increase for hiring busboys and sales clerks.

Currently, employers in retail and fast-food industries pay less than half that to cover their workers.To avoid thecostly mandate,some employers will push workers into part-time status. Other employers will opt for the fine. Either way, workers lose their on-the-job coverage.

Worse, they risklosingtheir jobs.Even the fine adds 98 cents an hour to the cost of labor, enough to make some employers cut back on their workforce.

As many as a third of employers are considering canceling coverage, according to McKinsey & Co. management consultants. But that doesn’t mean you’ll be uninsured; you won’t have that choice.

When you file your taxes, you will have to show proof that you are enrolled in the one-size-fits-all plan approved by the federal government. It’s mandatory, starting Jan. 1, 2014, or the IRS will withhold your refund....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: audit; barrycares; healthcare; irs; obamacare
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1 posted on 11/13/2012 10:32:38 AM PST by Ooh-Ah
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To: Ooh-Ah

Funny, you are telling everyone this now, Betsy.


2 posted on 11/13/2012 10:35:29 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Ooh-Ah

As if, it would have been different under Romney. We lost the fight against Obamacare in the primary.


3 posted on 11/13/2012 10:37:01 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Ooh-Ah

We get it Betsey. We’re all wards of the state now...


4 posted on 11/13/2012 10:37:20 AM PST by subterfuge (************ Believe Barry Obama's Propaganda At Your Own Peril **************)
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To: Ooh-Ah


Enjoy your stay.
5 posted on 11/13/2012 10:40:24 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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6 posted on 11/13/2012 10:42:13 AM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: Ooh-Ah
DO NOT COMPLY
7 posted on 11/13/2012 10:42:32 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: subterfuge

Haven’t had a refund in 20 years.


8 posted on 11/13/2012 10:45:21 AM PST by Renegade
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To: Ooh-Ah
In my book this is worse than taxation without representation, and warrants something drastic to be done if need be.

Regardless of whether or not Obama and his ilk stole this election, there was WAY too much FRAUD happening and that alone is a reason for, if need be extreme and forceful change according to COTUS.

Obama and his cohorts want to move "Forward," they're going to find out what moving forward really means!

9 posted on 11/13/2012 10:45:52 AM PST by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free.)
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To: freekitty

I’ve heard her on TV and on the radio discussing Obamacare a couple of times. I think she’s the only one that bothered to read the damn thing all the way through.


10 posted on 11/13/2012 10:46:47 AM PST by goldi
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To: freekitty

She has been AT THE FOREFRONT of this against Obamacare since the start

I watched her discuss for over an hour all the intimate details of Obamacare, and she said she could easily go on for another 2 weeks straight.

She had not only READ the entire thing, but had a hand-written annotated copy nearly half again as thick because of all the yellow sticky notes in it

The media ignored her


11 posted on 11/13/2012 10:47:44 AM PST by Mr. K (We need a TEA PARTY MARCH ON GOP HEADQUARTERS!)
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To: freekitty
"Funny, you are telling everyone this now, Betsy."

She's selling a new book: "Decoding the Obama Health Law: What You Need To Know" ($5.99, Kindle edition).

I'd suggest you do your darnedest not to get sick. (And that advice comes ABSOLUTELY FREE!)

12 posted on 11/13/2012 10:49:00 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Ooh-Ah
What cracks me up is that the health care industry is full of 20-something BRAINLESS bimbo's who blindly love 0bama. Boy are they in for a rude awakening when the IRS and other agencies audits them INCESSANTLY. And the forms, forms, forms.. Complaints from patients and families.. LOL!! Yeah, you sewed it, you reap it DUMBAZZES!!!! Funny things is, they'll HATE it but will be ignorant of the fact 0bama had anything to do with it.

0bama committed government THEFT of 1/6th of our private sector economy and will UNIONIZE IT. MORE SOLDIERS FOR HIS ARMY.

DO NOT COMPLY!

13 posted on 11/13/2012 10:50:08 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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To: Ooh-Ah
To my way of thinking it's not law until it actually gets enforced. Why in the world are state-governments going to play enforcer and shove down our throats?

Let the Federalies figure out how to enforce this baloney.

14 posted on 11/13/2012 10:50:56 AM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: freekitty
People were told all this for he last 2 years.

Most didn't care.

15 posted on 11/13/2012 10:53:21 AM PST by what's up
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To: freekitty

Yeah, well, she had to read the bill first to find out what’s in it, right? Even the Supreme Court justices admitted they didn’t read the whole statute!


16 posted on 11/13/2012 10:56:07 AM PST by browniexyz
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To: Mr. K

Ms. McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor of New York and was all over the Clintons when they tried to pass Obamacare in 1993 “in 100 days”! Our form of government depends on an educated populace—which America no longer has, and that’s why the fascists can do what they will with us!


17 posted on 11/13/2012 10:58:31 AM PST by browniexyz
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To: Ooh-Ah

Benefits from communists King Obama’s America. Free to free loaders.


18 posted on 11/13/2012 11:01:06 AM PST by Logical me
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To: Ooh-Ah
It’s mandatory, starting Jan. 1, 2014, or the IRS will withhold your refund....

What if you don't have a refund for them to withhold?

19 posted on 11/13/2012 11:06:12 AM PST by girlscout
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To: Ooh-Ah

I just found out that my Tricare Prime is going away as soon as April. This was held until after the election and released essentially on veterans day. I am going to be kicked to tricare standard, my costs will go up significantly on doctor visits and prescriptions. This has gotten no press that I know of in the nation media. I would advise all military retirees to look into this ASAP. There may be a chance that congress could stop this but I have no faith in boner. Welcome to the first phase of kicking military retirees onto the national health service.


20 posted on 11/13/2012 11:08:43 AM PST by strongbow
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