{"id":3020,"date":"2019-10-17T21:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2023-07-20T18:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T18:14:39","slug":"the-new-year-will-bring-with-it-new-obamacare-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idahoinsuranceagency.com\/the-new-year-will-bring-with-it-new-obamacare-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Year Will Bring With It New ObamaCare Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, the &#8220;Affordable Care Act&#8221; will hit Americans with new taxes, in addition to increased insurance premiums.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-content\">\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>The vast majority of insurers aren&#8217;t advertising the new federal taxes (that are added on to premiums). \u00a0Instead, they are opting instead to discretely pass them on to customers.<\/p>\n<p>However, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, has disclosed the tax amounts to its customers, with a separate line item for \u201cAffordable Care Act Fees and Taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/12\/alabama-blue-cross-shares-obamacare-tax-woes-with-customers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One customer\u2019s bill added up to new taxes of $23.14 a month ($277.68 annually), according to Kaiser Health News. \u00a0The individual&#8217;s monthly premium increased from $322.26 to $345.40.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new taxes and fees include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 2% levy on every health plan, which is expected to net about $8 billion for the government in 2014 and increase to $14.3 billion in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>A $2 fee per policy that goes into a new medical-research trust fund called the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.<\/li>\n<li>A 3.5% user fee to sell medical plans on the HealthCare.gov Web site.<\/li>\n<li>A 2.3% medical-device tax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the new Medicare tax.<\/p>\n<p>Under ObamaCare, individual tax filers earning more than $200,000 and families earning more than $250,000 will pay an added 0.9% Medicare surtax on top of the existing 1.45% Medicare payroll tax. \u00a0They\u2019ll also pay an extra 3.8% Medicare tax on unearned income, such as investment dividends, rental income and capital gains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, the &#8220;Affordable Care Act&#8221; will hit Americans with new taxes, in addition to increased insurance premiums. 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