Via CBS News:
Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and “other information as is prescribed by” regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs and used to determine who qualifies for “affordability credits.”
Section 245(b)(2)(A) says the IRS must divulge tax return details — there’s no specified limit on what’s available or unavailable — to the Health Choices Commissioner. The purpose, again, is to verify “affordability credits.”
Section 1801(a) says that the Social Security Administration can obtain tax return data on anyone who may be eligible for a “low-income prescription drug subsidy” but has not applied for it.
This article embodies the fear that many Americas associate with proposed health care reform. The ambiguous and intentionally complex language used to write such legislation leaves so many things open to interpenetration … and abuse.
I will support Obama’s health care reforms if I get the exact same plan Ted Kennedy got. Nothing less.
Anyone remember FDR’s original design for Social Security?
- Participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary
- The participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program
- The money the participants elected to put Into the Program would be deductible from Their income for tax purposes each year
- The money the participants put into the Independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore, would Only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program
- The annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.
Anyone trust Obamacare?
