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vickielant Wrote: Dec 18, 2012 10:23 AM

Something overlooked by Mr. York is the elimination of HSA which are known as Health Savings Accounts. The have been eliminated as of January 2013. I look as this as another form of tax because we will no longer be able to take $3,000.00 put into an HSA and have that money be tax deductible and used to help with medical costs not covered by our insurance plan. Of course the letter and notice we received says nothing about this being the result of the Affordable Care Act. Welcome to the new normal. By the way we are not in 1 or 2% and I am also one of the people with a pre-existing condition otherwise known as cancer that I battled 19 years ago. So much for the proposed help...from the government.

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None1257 Wrote: Dec 18, 2012 10:55 AM

I did a web search and was not able to verify what you said about HSA's.

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None1257 Wrote: Dec 18, 2012 10:55 AM

I did a web search and was not able to verify what you said about HSA's.

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Get Ready For the Costs and Chaos of Obamacare

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was widely mocked when she said of Obamacare, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” At the time, March 2010, Pelosi's words accurately described the Democrats' just-get-it-done approach to passing a national health care bill. But now it turns out Pelosi was wrong. In fact, we have to implement Obamacare so that you can find out what is in it.

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