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SharonAnn

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43. Not well. It would cost you. It's giving you coupons to use for maybe a discount.

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Can a smarter, more informed DUer explain how tax credits would work for healthcare? [View all] BannonsLiver Feb 2017 OP

WOULDN'T. elleng Feb 2017 #1

/end thread Ace Rothstein Feb 2017 #8

Not well. It would cost you. It's giving you coupons to use for maybe a discount. SharonAnn Feb 2017 #43

Tax credits are one of their more hilarious ideas Warpy Feb 2017 #2

It seems very flimflam BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #4

I heard it was a proposed "refundable tax credit" Yupster Feb 2017 #13

Oh, they know that tax credits won't come even close to covering the cost of insurance not fooled Feb 2017 #36

They also know that stupid people will hear "$50,000 tax credot!" Warpy Feb 2017 #42

Read a recent study saying that the average health insurance cost is $10k per person per year. SharonAnn Feb 2017 #44

And will double in a few years of no ACA Warpy Feb 2017 #45

I'll give it a try... Talk Is Cheap Feb 2017 #3

It's like getting a rebate. What good is a $15 rebate for a $1000 bill when you're short on money? KittyWampus Feb 2017 #5

If it's a refundable tax credit, you receive it even if you owe no taxes. subterranean Feb 2017 #6

The right in Washington live on fantasy island. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #12

And of course the wealthy get the biggest credits TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #16

I think they said it would be a flat credit, so everyone gets the same amount. subterranean Feb 2017 #17

It is unacceptable and a non-starter. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #28

They won't. roamer65 Feb 2017 #7

Won't the reddest states likely be the ones most hurt by this block grant idea? Or am I Squinch Feb 2017 #10

The red states don't want to do so. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #15

I agree, but as I see it, this is just the Republicans absolutely wanting to screw their base again. Squinch Feb 2017 #18

I have a niece in Georgia who has no health care of any sort...they are already Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #21

In the wealthiest country in the world. "Protect the unborn. Leave the BORN to die in the streets." Squinch Feb 2017 #22

Yes, my cousin died in a boating accident just before Obamacare was implemented. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #23

Oh, God. I am so sorry. About both tragedies. To think that we had put this behind us and now Squinch Feb 2017 #24

Yeah...and in Georgia now...it is even worse. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #25

You ever wonder why. If the baby is delivered, the ob/gyn, the hospital, the nurses all make money. LiberalArkie Feb 2017 #30

I don't understand this. Abortions cost money and those who provide them are paid. Squinch Feb 2017 #31

Different people, not the big corporate hospital. LiberalArkie Feb 2017 #37

Nationwide, the cost at health centers ranges from about $300 to $1,700 for abortion in the first LiberalArkie Feb 2017 #38

Oh, I see what you mean. I still think though that it goes back to wanting to keep the Squinch Feb 2017 #40

tax credits are more GOP "welfare" for those with money. eniwetok Feb 2017 #9

Tax credits only help people that have significant Blue_true Feb 2017 #11

That's only true if the tax credits are not "refundable". Refundable tax credits... PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #26

It would never work period and is a ruse by the evil ones who are ok with leaving 40 Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #14

Most likely it's somehow connected to their love of health savings accounts. Vinca Feb 2017 #19

For the love of all things holy Cosmocat Feb 2017 #20

this . . . n/t annabanana Feb 2017 #32

It's Ayn Rand time, of course. HassleCat Feb 2017 #27

folks living pay check to pay check would get a voucher crediting the payments they can't afford to mulsh Feb 2017 #29

You're describing a tax deduction not a tax credit taught_me_patience Feb 2017 #33

I think the idea is that the tax credit will fund the current year HSA taught_me_patience Feb 2017 #34

Unless they've advanced and hefty, they wouldn't work. moriah Feb 2017 #35

Tax Credits seem to work fine with ACA/Obamacare now. You don't have to wait until end of year Hoyt Feb 2017 #39

But that's not how it will work with the GOP's Obamacare replacement. subterranean Feb 2017 #41

As callous as GOPers are, they are not going to propose a tax credit for the poor that Hoyt Feb 2017 #46