SMYRNA, GA: The Kaiser Family Foundation tool reveals the shocking fact that you can be too poor to receive a subsidy tax credit, but certainly not too poor to pay double the costs of a private plan provided by employers. This is based on a married couple making $12,000 per year in Smyrna, Georgia.
First, here’s the YouTube video: http://youtu.be/hT6B7TTAStM
Follow the link provided below to see my results!
http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/#state=ga&zip=30008&income-type=dollars&income=12000&employer-coverage=0&people=2&alternate-plan-family=individual&adult-count=2&adults%5B0%5D%5Bage%5D=21&adults%5B0%5D%5Btobacco%5D=0&adults%5B1%5D%5Bage%5D=21&adults%5B1%5D%5Btobacco%5D=0&child-count=0&child-tobacco=0
Look at the screenshots below in case the application gets altered:
Either the application I went to was broken (I doubt it!) or 0-Care is *not* meant to help the poor. Essentially, this forced program can force the poor to pay ~ 40% of their income (double the cost of a plan provided traditionally by an employer) and there is a whopping $0 tax credit to offset the costs of the insurance. This is a war on the very poor.
Video credit to Amy Barnes, Copyright (c) 2013.
Re-use permitted with credit to Amy Barnes.
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