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Ask the taxgirl: Health Care Benefits and Taxes

3 June 2010

Taxpayer asks: My brother works for a company who pays $12K a year for his health insurance He is 64, single, no children, no ex-wife My brother understands starting in 2011 the government will treat the $12K as income and he will be taxed on it Also because it is over $8,000 a year it [...]

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IRS Issues More Info on Health Care Bill

29 April 2010

For months now, both sides have been firing shots in the health care reform debate. Despite the fact that we now have a signed bill, many of the details are yet to be worked out and that causes concern that the bill will either be overworked or under reaching; my best guess is that it’s [...]

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Money Changes Everything: Health Care in America

22 March 2010

I’ll confess that I got up today with a bit of fear and trepidation. You see, I had been assured by both sides of the health care reform debate that no matter the final tally, the world would end after the health care vote. Remarkably, Earth is still spinning this morning. The health care reform [...]

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Health Care Reform Debate Starts Anew

28 December 2009

The debate about health care reform is starting… again. Here’s why. The Senate passed a bill and the House passed a bill. They have some significant differences to work out. Two of the biggest issues? Paying for the thing and abortion. Neither of those discussions will prove to be an easy task. But for all [...]

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Ooh… I Get It… We Still Have to Pay For This Thing

13 November 2009

As part of the continuing discussions about health care reform, the spectre of how to pay for it has risen again. Yeah, cause that’s how it apparently works in Congress. Much like college students, the plan is to figure out how to pay for all the binge-spending “later.” So, with that in mind, consider this: [...]

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Health Care Reform and Taxes

10 November 2009

I just received a notice last week from my health insurance provider that rates at my office would be increasing an average of more than 25%. It’s not unexpected. Apparently, health insurance is one of the few industries which can regularly raise their prices by double digits each year without retribution. But what is unexpected [...]

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New Health Care Reform Ad Airs

16 October 2009

The proposed excise tax on “Cadillac” health care plans is raising a lot of controversy. Opponents, like Health Care for America Now (HCAN), believe that it might affect middle class Americans and instead, urge increasing the income tax on families making more than $250,000 per year. They’re touting their plan with ads like this one: [...]

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Hey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Tax Bad Behaviors

31 August 2009

Donna Peeples writes: I have seen a lot of articles in the paper about taxing sodas and foods that are bad for you. I say, “Why not?” I used to be a smoker. At one point, I was up to two packs a day. When New Jersey raised their cigarette tax, I stopped because my [...]

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Congress Puts Brakes on Health Care Reform

23 July 2009

Despite President Obama’s plan to push through a massive health care reform bill before the August break, it will not happen. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said about the bill, “I think that it’s better to have a product that is one that’s based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than trying to jam something through.” Sen. [...]

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The House Has a Plan to Pay for Health Care (Yes, There’s a Catch)

14 July 2009

House Democrats think they have a plan to pay for health care reform. And yes, it’s going to cost… somebody. The 1000+ page health care plan as proposed by President Obama comes with a hefty price tag. Congress has been charged with coming up with the funds for the plan. That isn’t proving to be [...]

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