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Issue Position: Health Care Reform Facts

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Issues: Health and Health Care

Issue Position: Health Care Reform Facts

Health Care Reform Facts
Congressional Health Insurance
You have probably heard the rumor that Members of Congress are "exempt" from the Affordable Care Act. This is not true. Members of Congress, like all Americans, will be responsible for purchasing health insurance starting in 2014. While individuals who are insured through their workplace will continue to get their health insurance through their jobs, my fellow Senators and Representatives, and our staff members, will all move from the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (which insures over 8 million federal employees, retirees and families) to the new Health Insurance Exchanges that will offer insurance plans for individuals and small businesses.

W-2 Tax Forms
One of the most frequent rumors I hear related to the new health care law is that individuals will be taxed on the value of their health insurance on their W-2 form next year. This is completely false. Next year, your W-2 form will only change to show the value of the health care benefits that you have received so you can know more about your benefits and be an empowered consumer. You will not pay any taxes on these benefits.


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