Ah, ObamneyCare©, the gift that keeps on giving:
"Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best."
Back in the day, tax increases were voted on, if not by the taxpayers, then at least our duly elected representatives. But the law we had to pass to find what new taxes are in it does away with all that silliness.
The new tax starts out at a modest $1, quickly followed by a 100% increase; future increases are pegged to the rate of inflation. If it makes you feel any better, the tax starts next month, and the IRS may well issue guidelines regarding it sometime next year.
Or not.
Regardless, you'll be paying that tax as part of your increased premiums.
What's that?
You want to know what this tax pays for?
Fair enough:
"The goal ... is to answer such basic questions as whether that new prescription drug advertised on TV really works better than an old generic costing much less."
Silly me, thinking that was the job, already funded by our existing tax-structure, of the FDA. By the way, this is another case of health insurance being conflated with health care: only those with private insurance are being taxed to pay for this new agency, while all health care consumers "benefit" from it.
Feel better now?
"Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which drugs, medical procedures, tests and treatments work best."
Back in the day, tax increases were voted on, if not by the taxpayers, then at least our duly elected representatives. But the law we had to pass to find what new taxes are in it does away with all that silliness.
The new tax starts out at a modest $1, quickly followed by a 100% increase; future increases are pegged to the rate of inflation. If it makes you feel any better, the tax starts next month, and the IRS may well issue guidelines regarding it sometime next year.
Or not.
Regardless, you'll be paying that tax as part of your increased premiums.
What's that?
You want to know what this tax pays for?
Fair enough:
"The goal ... is to answer such basic questions as whether that new prescription drug advertised on TV really works better than an old generic costing much less."
Silly me, thinking that was the job, already funded by our existing tax-structure, of the FDA. By the way, this is another case of health insurance being conflated with health care: only those with private insurance are being taxed to pay for this new agency, while all health care consumers "benefit" from it.
Feel better now?
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