White House Unaware That 6 Million Americans Will Pay Obamacare Tax This Year

Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2015 | Conn Carroll

[Kaslin]

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest described reports that millions of Americans would be getting tax bill because of Obamacare as "inaccurate" just days after the Treasury Department estimated that 6 million Americans will pay about $2 billion in individual mandate taxes this year.

"I don't think it is accurate to suggest that millions of people are going to get a tax bill as a result of this," Earnest said in response to a question Tuesday about the millions of Americans who will pay a tax penalty for not having health insurance in 2014. "The vast majority of Americans, more than three-quarters of Americans, are just going to have a box to check on their tax form to confirm that they've had health insurance. And so the impact that we are talking about here is very small and for the vast majority of people has been very positive."

While it is true that the vast majority of Americans get their health insurance through their employer, just like they did before Obamacare, it is also true that just last week the Treasury Department estimated that 6 million Americans will have to pay a penalty tax, created by Obamacare, because they did not have health insurance last year. According the Congressional Budget Office, those 6 million Americans will pay about $2 billion in tax penalties.

Worse still, even those Americans who did obtain health insurance through Obamacare exchanges could also face a heavy tax bill come this April. That is because the subsidies given to people who purchase insurance through an Obamacare exchange are calculated on a monthly basis. 

Americans who applied for insurance subsidies when they had a lower income, but later got a raise that bumped them up to a lower subsidy level, will get a tax bill from the government for the difference between thru old and new subsidy levels when they file taxes this year. According to H&R Block, another 6 million Americans will have to make such tax payments to the Treasury this year. 

[EQAndyBuzz]

Bush’s fault.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The number is probably more like 20 million as many people cannot afford insurance nor are they eligible for Medicare.

[Graybeard58]

The s### is about to hit the proverbial fan. My question is; how will this affect the grifters who get the E.I.T.C?

Will they get $95 less on their gift? They already pay more than that to the quick cash back income tax preparers, to receive their thousand$.

[treetopsandroofs]

Tomorrow, the Fraud can claim he heard about it on the news like everyone else.

[Alex Murphy]

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest described reports that millions of Americans would be getting tax bill because of Obamacare as "inaccurate" just days after the Treasury Department estimated that 6 million Americans will pay about $2 billion in individual mandate taxes this year. "I don't think it is accurate to suggest that millions of people are going to get a tax bill as a result of this," Earnest said in response to a question Tuesday about the millions of Americans who will pay a tax penalty for not having health insurance in 2014. "The vast majority of Americans, more than three-quarters of Americans, are just going to have a box to check on their tax form to confirm that they've had health insurance. And so the impact that we are talking about here is very small and for the vast majority of people has been very positive...."

"Six million? That can't be accurate. Obama's not going to be happy that the number is that low...."

[manc]

serves them right if they voted for this idiot and his policies.

I saw one guy on FX who had his health Obama care policy cancelled and instead of blaming obamacare he blamed the CEO of the insurance company. He then said he had to be on the phone for 30 mins, wow a whole 30 minutes for him.

This is how stupid some Americans are, they voted for something praised it, they then get it , they then see it fail and they still fail to blame what they voted for.

[piytar]

I will owe the tax, but under obastardcare, they have no way to make me pay it. So I won’t!

[ConservingFreedom]

White House Unaware

So what else is new?

[piytar]

Ooops, different tax. I owe the one for not having signed up.

And I still won’t pay. No refund due to me, so they cannot collect.

Screw ‘em!

[Diogenesis]

Gruber-in-Chief: "ObamaCARE is not a tax. Its a refund."

[Vigilanteman]

They are also unaware that most Americans will pay an average of more than the $2500 average savings they were promised under this program for substandard insurance that will cover less than the plans which BO Care cancelled.

Nor do they give a $h*t. That's just part of the price to cover BO's people: the promiscuous, the drug addled, the winos and the illegals.

[tumblindice]

Comrades! I have glorious news for you ... "The vast majority of Americans ... (Obamacare) has been very positive."

[Red Badger]

Clueless..............

[sheana]

$2 billion? Drop in the bucket. That’s how they think.

[Gamecock]

Nobody is madder than the dear leader.

[RKBA Democrat]

It could be 60 million. It still wouldn’t matter. The uniparty wanted to shift the costs of health care from their political cronies to the middle class and they did so.

In this case, the ‘rat wing of the uniparty took the fall. But rest assured that the gop wing of the uniparty will always find it just a little too hard to repeal.

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There is only one party, the uniparty, and corruption is its credo.

[DaxtonBrown]

Some people just might not pay the “tax”. I’m just saying.

I don’t think the revenuers are going to be able to collect from 6 million.

[Osage Orange]

I've a daughter...that only has access to Indian Health Care. I know she doesn't have regular health insurance..because she's very healthy..and doesn't want to sign up for Medical Insurance.

She didn't vote for Obama.

[manc]

she has my sympathy then and sorry to hear , hope it works out for her.