Claim: Republicans are twisting the facts on taxes in the Affordable Care Act, grossly overstating the impact on families or lower-income earners. In what has become a Republican talking point, several GOP lawmakers have wrongly claimed that a Congressional Budget Office report said that 75 percent of the federal health care law's taxes would be paid by those earning less than $120,000 a year. That's not what the CBO said. It found that 76 percent of those who would pay the penalty for not having insurance in 2016 would earn under $120,000.
Fact-check: Twisting Health Care Taxes - FactCheck.org
Verdict: republicans are twisting the facts on taxes in the affordable care act, grossly overstating the impact on families or lower-income earners. in what has become a republican talking point, several gop lawmakers have wrongly claimed that a congressional budget office report said that 75 percent of the federal health care law's taxes would be paid by those earning less than $120,000 a year. that's not what the cbo said. it found that 76 percent of those who would pay the penalty for not having insurance in 2016 would earn under $120,000.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2012-07-23T18:59:30