JBond
10-28-2011, 03:01 PM
The new law provides generous subsidies for those without insurance so they can buy it on the new exchanges, but the subsidies are tied to one's level and there's the rub.
The income measure for subsidy purposes are not based on individuals but rather on families. And that creates a perverse incentive.
"Two singles would each be able to earn $43,000 and still receive help to purchase health insurance, but if they got married and combined their earnings to $86,000, they would be far above the limit," Furchtgott-Roth explained.
So those with that much income as a couple would lose the government subsidies and be on their own for thousands of dollars in health coverage.
Democrats were quick to say the new health care law has other advantages-- that it extends care to millions who don’t have it and covers preventive care with no co-pay.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/27/obamas-health-care-law-penalizes-marriage-analysts-say/#ixzz1c5YDiDQK
$43,000? really? You make $43,000 and refuse to pay for your own damn health care. WTF? The article is focused on the penalties of getting married under Obama-care, but I find it sad the people that earn $43,000 are unwilling to take care of themselves and pay their own way in the world. I have made a lot less at times and never begged my neighbors to pay my way for me. America has become a joke.
The income measure for subsidy purposes are not based on individuals but rather on families. And that creates a perverse incentive.
"Two singles would each be able to earn $43,000 and still receive help to purchase health insurance, but if they got married and combined their earnings to $86,000, they would be far above the limit," Furchtgott-Roth explained.
So those with that much income as a couple would lose the government subsidies and be on their own for thousands of dollars in health coverage.
Democrats were quick to say the new health care law has other advantages-- that it extends care to millions who don’t have it and covers preventive care with no co-pay.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/27/obamas-health-care-law-penalizes-marriage-analysts-say/#ixzz1c5YDiDQK
$43,000? really? You make $43,000 and refuse to pay for your own damn health care. WTF? The article is focused on the penalties of getting married under Obama-care, but I find it sad the people that earn $43,000 are unwilling to take care of themselves and pay their own way in the world. I have made a lot less at times and never begged my neighbors to pay my way for me. America has become a joke.