Here’s an unusually simple and horribly stark analysis of US health system http://t.co/yhQirpMS3A @GuardianUS
— Jane Thynne (@janethynne) March 5, 2014
Both Homelanders and Americansabroad and especially those subject to the 3.8% Obamacare surtax will find the article referenced in this tweet to be of interest. It includes:
I recently went for a routine blood test as part of my yearly physical and went back to the same lab I had been going to for the same test the last few years. This time however, after handing over my insurance card, I was told they were no longer an “in-network provider” for my health insurance carrier (my carrier is one of the biggest in the country). At first, I didn’t care since my insurance plan allows me to see any provider, in-network or not. The difference is in the co-pay. No co-pay for the blood test with an in-network provider, a co-pay for out of network.
Given that the temperature outside was around 4F (-15.6C) with -10F (-23.3C) wind chills I was inclined to stay where I was and fork over what I thought would be a $25 or $50 co-pay. I figured that in the time it took to put on my sweater, scarf, coat, hat, gloves and warm up the car, I could stay where I was and just be done with it.
So I asked the administrator what the co-pay would be. She said she couldn’t tell me since she didn’t have my specific plan information, but she could tell me the cost of the blood test and the co-pay would probably be in the 20-30% range. I asked her to look it up since I had decided to stay and get it over with. Until she told me the cost of the blood test: $1,132.
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IRS rule defeated. Court rules Obamacare tax credits available only through state exchanges.
“It is implausible to believe that Congress gave the IRS discretion to authorize $150 billion per year in federal spending, particularly when Congress had directly spoken to this issue,” the challengers to the IRS subsidy said in a court filing. “Major economic decisions like these — indeed, any decisions granting tax credits — must be made unambiguously by Congress itself.”
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Neill.
Here’s a simpler explanation.
So if my mother really wanted to screw me over. My wife and I combined have an income of $20,000 an year. My mother bought a house that was $350K and she has another one that she lives in that is $285,000. If she kicks off and leaves it to me in the will. I’m Canadian born, Canadian raised. 100% Canadian, but since I’m married to a US spouse, Obama will ding me for 3.8% of the selling price (income as directed for that year – even though money hasn’t changed hands) which will come out to. $24,130.00. Where the hell am I supposed to come up with that on $20,000 an year? Or would you then consider me a whale – RICH?!!! That’s complete and utter bullsh**!
You want universal healthcare. Pay for it yourself!!! Don’t bother looking across the border for the funds.
Your post reeks entitlement.
@TheAnimal
As a Canadian and a non-USP, you will not be exposed to US tax on an inheritance in Canada.