Jun. 28, 2012 at 5:57pm with 113 notes
Reblogged from jayparkinsonmd
jayparkinsonmd: So, let’s say it’s 2014 and you and your spouse have two children. You both make a combined salary of $93,000. You are both freelancers and don’t get health insurance through your employer. In 2014, when the mandate goes into effect, the average health insurance premium for a family of four will be about $16,000 per year. You make too much money to qualify for federal subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance premiums.  Therefore, 17% of your pre-tax income will be spent on health insurance that you are mandated to buy, or you can pay a fine of $2,085. According to today’s SCOTUS decision, you and your family must pay a “tax” to a private, for-profit corporation called Aetna or Wellpoint of 17% of your pre-tax income.  $16,000 or a fine of $2,085? But since the least expensive plan is more than 8% of your income, you do not have to pay the fine. And you are still uninsured.

jayparkinsonmd:

So, let’s say it’s 2014 and you and your spouse have two children. You both make a combined salary of $93,000. You are both freelancers and don’t get health insurance through your employer.

In 2014, when the mandate goes into effect, the average health insurance premium for a family of four will be about $16,000 per year. You make too much money to qualify for federal subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance premiums. 

Therefore, 17% of your pre-tax income will be spent on health insurance that you are mandated to buy, or you can pay a fine of $2,085.

According to today’s SCOTUS decision, you and your family must pay a “tax” to a private, for-profit corporation called Aetna or Wellpoint of 17% of your pre-tax income. 

$16,000 or a fine of $2,085? But since the least expensive plan is more than 8% of your income, you do not have to pay the fine. And you are still uninsured.

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