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14. Just some general thought here:
Fri Jun 29, 2012, 01:34 PM
Jun 2012

I'm totally a visual person. At www.healthcare.gov, the homepage
has a *little button* at the top: "Health Care Law & You."

It's orange, so it stands out FAIRLY well, but imo the homepage
should begin with a large print, bulleted list of the benefits
of ACA. Simple, easy-to-read. Defined straight out of the chute.

It's been my observation that if the good and really smart
folks here at DU find themselves scratching their heads about
some of these issues, I can't imagine what the average Joe 6-Pack
is doing (and I'm your average Joe 6-Pack, fwiw.)

And how about some bumperstickers from HQ with
the site name/address? Along the lines of

ACA: Got Questions? Go to blahblahhblah

Just some thoughts.

How Much Is the ACA ‘Tax’? [View all] liberal N proud Jun 2012 OP
So if you're making $28,000 a year you now lose an extra $695 a year on this in 2016. Minimum loss. Zalatix Jun 2012 #1
Fifty bucks a month for the year from 28,000 salary??? cliffordu Jun 2012 #4
An EXTRA fifty bucks a month. And at $28,000 a year you likely cannot afford that extra expense. Zalatix Jun 2012 #10
Ah... cliffordu Jun 2012 #13
If you make $28,000/yr for a family of 4 you are eligible for Medicaid FarLeftFist Jun 2012 #17
My understanding is there is a subsidie per income...the Obama admin is STILL doing a horrible job uponit7771 Jun 2012 #5
No... then you would be give subsidies to purchase insurance Fawke Em Jun 2012 #6
$28,000 a year is too high for that. You MIGHT get a subsidy. Zalatix Jun 2012 #7
No, 28000/yr is not too high for medicaid, depending on how many family members FarLeftFist Jun 2012 #18
Depends on the cut off for EC Jun 2012 #15
People who are of low income nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #21
Why the quotation marks? derby378 Jun 2012 #2
Bcause that wasn't the intent, there's no IRS enforcement of the "tax" so it's still uponit7771 Jun 2012 #8
There WILL be IRS enforcement B2G Jun 2012 #11
No there is no enforcement remedies. EC Jun 2012 #16
Then it's a toothless tax B2G Jun 2012 #19
K, this is the thing...2100 for my family of five is better than what I'm getting now uponit7771 Jun 2012 #3
It is 2.5% of your income or the flat rate of $695 B2G Jun 2012 #9
And the definition of the word 'family' is? Biblical? Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #12
Just some general thought here: Ship of Fools Jun 2012 #14
And it's only going to apply to a small fraction of the population. backscatter712 Jun 2012 #20
The generosity of Roselma Jun 2012 #22
Thanks for posting that liberal N proud Jun 2012 #23
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