{"id":38893,"date":"2013-09-30T20:24:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T02:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/obamacares-so-confusing.html"},"modified":"2013-10-01T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T19:16:34","slug":"obamacares-so-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/30\/obamacares-so-confusing.html","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare's\u00a0so CONFUSING!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
That's the current mantra\u00a0from the Anti-ACA Right (along with "Better the Government Fall than People with Pre-Existing Conditions Retain Coverage," but let's leave that aside for the moment). \u00a0<\/p>\n

And yet, USA Today<\/i> managed to decipher the ACA\u00a0on one page (with big graphics and lots of white space) this last week, in terms of what situation you're in and what you need to do next (if anything). \u00a0Here's the online version.<\/div>\n

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\n When filling out your 2014 federal income tax return, there will be a requirement to provide information regarding health insurance. Those who did not have health insurance will be fined, and fines could be withdrawn from income tax returns. Insurers will be required to provide everyone that …\n <\/p>\n

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That's the current mantra\u00a0from the Anti-ACA Right (along with "Better the Government Fall than People with Pre-Existing Conditions Retain Coverage," but let's leave that aside for the moment). \u00a0 And yet, USA Today managed to decipher the ACA\u00a0on one page (with big graphics and lots of white space) this last week, in terms of what … Continue reading “Obamacare's\u00a0so CONFUSING!!!!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41671,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/10\/and-so-the-aca-takes-center-stage.html","url_meta":{"origin":38893,"position":0},"title":"And so the ACA takes center stage","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 10-Apr-14 5:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I can hardly blame Sebelius for resigning, as she's been the focus of a shitstorm of pressure and hostility ever since she's taken on the HHS Secretary role. 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