ATTN all med students, residents, and physicians

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

If you need a link to help you conclude that (as one example) increased employment tax rates mean that people will be paying higher taxes, then there isn't much I can do for you.

 

[ONW]

If you need a link to help you conclude that (as one example) increased employment tax rates mean that people will be paying higher taxes, then there isn't much I can do for you.

If you don't see this as companies offloading expenses now that they have an excuse, then there isn't much I can do for you.

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

What are you talking about? How does an increase in the amount of money that an individual pays to the government in Medicare taxes have anything to do with "companies offloading expenses"? There isn't even a company involved in that equation - the citizen's tax rate to the government is simply increasing.

 

[RJKarl]

If you need a link to help you conclude that (as one example) increased employment tax rates mean that people will be paying higher taxes, then there isn't much I can do for you.

You said "will require many Americans to pay significantly more taxes "

Let's say the employment tax is raised by 1%(which is NOT in the bill your firtst on this says it is), that would NOT be "Significantly more taxes".

As usual you are an uniformed reactionary. You have that right, but it is how you post.

 

[ONW]

What are you talking about? How does an increase in the amount of money that an individual pays to the government in Medicare taxes have anything to do with "companies offloading expenses"? There isn't even a company involved in that equation - the citizen's tax rate to the government is simply increasing.

Alright, are we talking government taxes? Because the company is putting a previous expense on the employee. The employee is paying more, not the company.

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

You said "will require many Americans to pay significantly more taxes "

Let's say the employment tax is raised by 1%(which is NOT in the bill your firtst on this says it is), that would NOT be "Significantly more taxes".

As usual you are an uniformed reactionary. You have that right, but it is how you post.

Shocking, you don't know what's in the bill, just like Obama. The EMPLOYEE'S portion of medicare tax is increasing from 1.45% to 2.35%. And while to you that may not be significantly more taxes, regardless of dollars that ~1% to me means that the worker is effectively working ~3 days out of his year without pay to fund this garbage (in addition to all of the other days that he is already working without pay to fund this and other government garbage).

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Alright, are we talking government taxes? Because the company is putting a previous expense on the employee. The employee is paying more, not the company.

How is the company putting any additional expense on the employee? If the employer-provided healthcare stays exactly the same both pre-Obamacare and post-Obamacare, the employee's taxes still go up. So yes, the employee is paying more, but that has nothing to do with the company, it has everything to do with the government. As to my earlier point, this clusterfuck of a bill is apparently now taxing people more for healthcare while cutting the number of available doctors. Brilliant.

 

[ONW]

How is the company putting any additional expense on the employee? If the employer-provided healthcare stays exactly the same both pre-Obamacare and post-Obamacare, the employee's taxes still go up. So yes, the employee is paying more, but that has nothing to do with the company, it has everything to do with the government. As to my earlier point, this clusterfuck of a bill is apparently now taxing people more for healthcare while cutting the number of available doctors. Brilliant.

The ratio of healthcare costs are shifting from the company to the employee.

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

How? Again, for those whose coverage is not changing, the only thing increasing are their taxes.

 

[ONW]

How? Again, for those whose coverage is not changing, the only thing increasing are their taxes.

Ok, you're talking taxes, I'm talking personal finance. The employee will spend a greater percent of their income for health insurance, and the company will get healthcare costs off their balance sheets.

 

[Marietta Deac]

sadly we live in a situation where HMOs and private insurance companies run almost all of the show

FIFY. :thumbsup:

What is also bad about this new funding cut is that it really hurts primary care physicians the most. Nowadays, many are employees of the hospitals and don't make near the money surgeons and other specialists do. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know what specialty a med student will decide to practice, if so it could be indexed so a pediatrician can get more support than a neurosurgeon who will have much more earning potential in the future.