Comments on: Health Care Reform is Here, Now What? http://www.ryanhanley.com/2010/03/31/health-care-reform-is-here-now-what/ Strategies in Content Creation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Barnes Cluhttp://www.ryanhanley.com/2010/03/31/health-care-reform-is-here-now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Tim Barnes Clu Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.ryanhanley.com/?p=1102#comment-1690 To me there is a difference between health care reform and health insurance reform.  Oh well, that argument is moot.  Mr. Obama got his way.  Now it is up to us health insurance agents to educate our clients on the facts of the bill.  One thing that you did not mention in this post is that the penalty is not set at the initial level.  It is much more complex.  You will find the details in Section 5000 A of the bill.Frankly, this is something that bothers me.  Before the bill was passed, Mr. Obama stated that there were no new taxes for the middle class.  Now, in light of the multi-state constitutional challenge, his entire case is built on the ability of congress to assess new taxes.  What wasn't a tax last March became a tax last June.Fortunately, the amount of the "penalty" is not something we insurance agents have to deal with on a daily basis.  That is something that tax accountants must calculate. To me there is a difference between health care reform and health insurance reform.  Oh well, that argument is moot.  Mr. Obama got his way.  Now it is up to us health insurance agents to educate our clients on the facts of the bill.  One thing that you did not mention in this post is that the penalty is not set at the initial level.  It is much more complex.  You will find the details in Section 5000 A of the bill.

Frankly, this is something that bothers me.  Before the bill was passed, Mr. Obama stated that there were no new taxes for the middle class.  Now, in light of the multi-state constitutional challenge, his entire case is built on the ability of congress to assess new taxes.  What wasn’t a tax last March became a tax last June.

Fortunately, the amount of the “penalty” is not something we insurance agents have to deal with on a daily basis.  That is something that tax accountants must calculate.

]]> By: BizSugar.comhttp://www.ryanhanley.com/2010/03/31/health-care-reform-is-here-now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-420 BizSugar.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:00:30 +0000 http://www.ryanhanley.com/?p=1102#comment-420 <strong>Health Care Reform is Here, Now What?...</strong>Regardless of my personal opinion on whether this bill will help the US as a whole in the long-term, it does provide valuable coverage to individuals that otherwise had none. I believe in the idea of Health Care Reform just not the practice of it, yet.... Health Care Reform is Here, Now What?…

Regardless of my personal opinion on whether this bill will help the US as a whole in the long-term, it does provide valuable coverage to individuals that otherwise had none. I believe in the idea of Health Care Reform just not the practice of it, yet….

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Regardless of my personal opinion on whether this bill will help the US as a whole in the long-term, it does provide valuable coverage to individuals that otherwise had none. I believe in the idea of Health Care Reform just not the practice of it, yet….

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