American health care consumers aren’t the only ones who will be hit by slated Obamacare tax hikes. Medical bills for their pets may go up as well.
According to a rule published Friday by the Internal Revenue Service, some medical devices used in veterinary practices will be hit by Obamacare’s 2.3 percent device tax. Many of their manufacturers are expected to hike prices, meaning higher veterinary costs for the nation’s pet owners.
The tax will not hit devices that are used exclusively for veterinary purposes. But a host of such devices are manufactured for use in both human health care and veterinary practices. Those devices’ manufacturers will have to pay the tax.
The IRS rule states:
Section 4191 [of the Internal Revenue Code] limits the definition of a taxable medical device to devices described in section 201(h) of the [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act] that are intended for humans, but does not provide that the device must be intended exclusively for humans. Under existing [Food and Drug Administration] regulations, a device intended for use exclusively in veterinary medicine is not required to be listed as a device with the FDA, whereas a device intended for use in human medicine is required to be listed as a device with the FDA even if the device may also be used in veterinary medicine.
According to the FDA, common “dual use” medical devices are “examination gloves, sterile catheters, infusion pumps, etc.”
The device tax is expected to raise costs for consumers. A recent survey of 181 manufacturers found that a 52.5 percent majority plan to “pass along some or all of the increased cost [of the tax] to our consumers.” Among North American manufacturers, the portion who said they would raise prices was an even higher 58 percent.
“Across the board there is bigger inclination among firms to raise prices and pass on costs to customers as a way to deal with the US tax,” the survey found.
Pet owners already spend more than $12 billion on veterinary care annually. Obamacare may make it even more expensive to care for your pet.
Ginger, Savannah, and Keiko all say, "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!"
Poe and Frankie agree….Grrrrrrrrrrr!!
Obama wants to tax everything. He is just making things up as he goes. Tax everything everybody for his welfare people. He has definitely ruined our country. I am NOT afraid I did not vote for him can't stand him.
For all who voted for Obama and those who failed to elect an alternative, we all got what we deserve!
Another one of Obama's ploys to ruin Amerika and dissolve her to socialism/communism or even to Obama's religion; so that we will become Muslim.
Since when are examination gloves a "medical device"?
Anything used for medical care is a medical device and that would include gloves!
Since Obeee needs to raise money to pay for his million plus vacations…. Oh what America did to itself, once okay a mistake,,, twice? what kind of fools are we?
as soon as they could be taxed
When the government says it is.
since the democrats figured out they could tax them as such.
When they give you the old one finger probulator. Just make sure the doc doesn't have both his hands on your shoulders while checking the old prostate.
Since they are held to higher standards than the gloves you buy at Home Depot for use when cleaning the kitchen or bathroom.
When government can tax it!
Don't know if I would want an exam without the gloves in many cases.
I would guess that if they are used for medical purposes, some clever author of this bill decided they can be considered "medical devices" and just one more thing to be taxed. EVERYTHING is going to be taxed. And we don't yet even know everything that's in this bill.
Soo . . . if I use latex gloves to mix paint or change the oil in my car, do I still have to pay the tax? Obviously, yes. Just because the gloves are marketed as "medical devices" doesn't mean that they'll be used as such, but we'll still pay the tax on them.
Since Obamacare……can't find out what's in it till we pass. The nation voted for it, now we own it….via the re-election of Dear Leader.
Condoms too. We're taxing condoms to subsidize birth control pills.
lol so many things are!!!
Think that's bad? Try "Tongue Depressors>"
The only way to raise enough money to not go bankrupt the first couple years they will stat calling everything medical devices. Your car is a medical because it takes you to the doctor and your bed is a medical device because you lay on it when you are sick.
Wake up man, literally everything will eventually become part of Obamacare because literally everything affects health in one way or another. Even the keyboard you are typing on, uh oh, someone may get carpel tunnel syndrome, better regulate all keyboards ASAP, etc. etc. etc.
Since the fall of the Republic
Since obama has got the idea to tax them
Obviously you have never had a physician applied colorectal exam.
Elections have consequences.
Actually most Obama voters don't think any of this will effect them in any way. They been told the rich are going to be paying more, not them, and they believe it. They are quite a few at my work place who voice how great everything is going to be. I just smile to my self waiting for the expression their faces when they find out they are screwed like the rest of us.
That's right Marilyn. Tell it to Obama. You get what you vote for.
Next – death tax for pets !
Who will pay for Monty Python's Dead Parrot ?
A winks as good as a nudge…
It was never a dead parrot. It was one who was asleep on the perch.
congressional and union-owned pets are undoubtedly exempt from this.
Even dogs are Millionaires and Billionairs in Obamas Amerika.
Even our pets must "pay thier fair share"
Are they registered Democrat or Republican?
gonna be alot of pet deaths next year
Not so easy. Dogs are registered in the gar—–er Cities. If Fido ends up missing, without the certified vet docs, at a cost and tax, there will be an investigation by untrainable Gov. employees, as they advance out of the TSA, the DCHI, Dog Cat Homicide Investigaters. They will dig up your flower beds, if Fido is found, the EPA, Air Board, Fish and Wildlife "worms or ants may be contaminated", local planning comission, no excavation permit, on and on and on. Have a nice day!
PET POPULATION CONTROL
Now if we could just get the dog catcher to get that mutt in the White House (and I don't mean Bo the Dog).
this tax may make it to expensive to spay and neuter out pets.
That's been going on for many years. When I got married in 1857, we lived in the country, and the neighbor's dog impregnated our young female, a union which gave me the dog I most cherish out of all I have been blessed to call my pets throughout my 74 years of existence. Now, between the puppy mills and the leash laws, coupled with the dog show crowd and their insistence on pedigree, it is almost impossible to find a dog that will live past the age of ten without spending a fortune in vet bills. Only one of the sad things that has happened to country I grew up in.
If Obamacare is supposed to "save" money, why do they need to increase taxes? ;-)
It's not just about saving money, it's also about ensuring security and affordability of health insurance for all citizens. Not everyone even has regular access to the health care system (other than being stabilized in the ER).
Because its' not about saving money, but about collecting it and gaining more power.
That is HOW it is supposed to "save" money….by uncountable taxes on everyone and everything….
The intent of Obamacare has never been to reduce costs. It's purpose has always been to eventually control ALL healthcare, INCLUDING patients, obviously even the 4-legged furry ones.
Where have you been? Did you really believe in Obamacare?
It was never meant to save money. It has always been about controlling WeThePeople…
One of the goals in Karl Marx's Manifesto is state run healthcare, and make no mistake, that is their end goal. With control over the people's healthcare, you have control over them. Read Liberty & Tyranny by Mark Levin. It's a great book. He wrote it before Obama was elected in 2008, but you would think it was written after the election.
Great….so instead of making Veterinary practices and Animal Rescues exempt this means more people are going to make pets disposable. Way to go….
Yep! I tried to tell the liberal animal lovers and/or rescuers that…but they wouldn't listen. There's also a good chance that the libs will impose higher taxes/costs on veterinary expenses to make people with animal "share the cost" of obicare and help pay for "the poor."
I heard one commenter saying that the Death Panels would apply Veterinarian standards to human care. The already do this in England where you can be merry but don't get too "Olde".
it's control not health care
If not already, once pet lovers become used to pets being disposable then humans won't be far behind. Presidents and politicians who have less respect for life than Hitler did don't do mankind any favors.
There are going to tax glasses and contact lenses since they are medical devices and contacts are disposable.
I guess it is true that the government is finally going to the dogs or is it the reverse?
Please don't insult our dogs by bringing them down to government level! Most dogs are smarter and better than our government! LOL!
Does this mean PETA will join the fight against Obamacare ????
Make no mistake. PETA has been caught killing over 90% of the pets they take in. They are liars in every sense of the word and care nothing for animals. They simply hate humans.
PETA is a political action group of the left and does what the DNC tells it to do. They don't care about animals one bit, look up the percentage of animals that survive once PETA gets their hands on them. Why do they kill so many?
In a word, "No". In PETA's view unless an animal is living a free unfettered existence in the wild it is not living it's "best" life. Responsible Pet Ownership is an oxymoron, unless you are talking about a specific PETA members cat or dog – but of course the rest of us just don't get it and shouldn't attempt to care for our pets because we just cause more pain and suffering with the puppy mills and unwanted cat litters that populate our world…
Dog-gone-it…
Don't say 'we' get what we asked for. I didn't vote for this POS POTUS in either election. You liberals voted him in, now you own him and his Obamacare fiasco. Enjoy.
We get what we ask for, now enjoy your vote.
Agreed~ Too bad everyone who didn't vote for him have to go along with consequences.
Very good!!
Amen to That! BOHICA and it's just begenning!
And this is just the begining!
….of the end.
Woohoo! More taxes, just what we need! Don't bother to cut spending! Your a racist hick if you want to cut spending. Lets start taxing pets, Tax the Europeans, Asians, Canadians, Central and South Americans too! They don't pay their fair share too. Lets tax deer, moose, elk etc.. too, they don't pay their fair share either!
But it's only going to affect the rich Don't ya know?
We should just TAX all of the members of Congress. They like to exempt themselves, now it is time to pay up.
Yes but I'm sure Bo will get an exemption.
Of course! His "manager" gets over $100,000 for taking care of him. I'd walk him cheaper & the exercise would be good for me, too!
Why is this a surprise? The purpose for Obamacare isn't about healthcare, it's about controlling the lives of the individual! You elect a Statis and they will work to control every aspect of your life. Get used to it, this is only the tip of the iceburg
Makes sense. Obama only likes dogs as a food source…
MMMMM – Tasty!
Forward!
It's started…
Life as we knew it, is OVER!
although we could always consider using the vets for OUR healthcare and save money.. and most likely get better care..lol..
I absolutely would. Our vets are more skilled surgeons than the md's I know. They also have better bedside manner and don't have the arrogant attitude. In the meantime…find conservative docs…stop going to the libs and recommend the lib docs to every low-income, non-paying person you can find. Send the low pay/no pays to the docs that voted for this and keep the good ones for us…and pay them.
My brother delights in telling people that his doc is a vet. He was a vet that later became a MD.
My wife is a vet and i can tell you for sure that many vet offices are better, cleaner and more professional than some doctors offices i have been to!
may the fleas of a thousand dogs infest those responsible…
Actually, I'd say "may the fleas of 10 Million dogs infest those responsible…" I really want the people that started this & supported it to suffer! "It's only fair!"
clever
It should be two thousand for hundred dogs (or fleas each?) one for each of the pages they didn't read before they passed it…
If you voted for Obama, that would be you. Elections have consequences.
Besides Granny, they're coming for FIDO.
Unfortunately many pets are losing their homes because of the skyrocketing costs. People are getting out of rescue because they can't afford it. My dog food alone has increased 33% in the past 6 months.
Let's face it . . . there isn't one aspect of our lives that won't be taxed by this regime. Taxes = Control; and control over each and every decision we think we make it the goal of the tax & spend facists.
Further evidence that the tax code has nothing to do with raising revenues. The most juvenile of legislators could not invent a less efficient system. The Catholic Church devised one of the greatest collection systems ever. 10% of the income of the faithful. 10% of everything turns out to be a whole lot more revenue of despotic progressive quests for fairness interleaved with tools for punishment combined with avenues for reward to the 'faithful'.
2.3% on devices for the care of pets? What adolescent drivel. We are rapidly succumbing to the whims of a cadre of children raised and educated by still more childlike parents and teachers. Don't think so? Witness the so-called leadership going through motions of avoiding fiscal disaster for the nation . . . is there a single 'adult' in the news?
The uninformed electorate (a euphemism for 'ignorant') has voted their economic wet dream teams into office. Despotic progressivism has been and always will be self correcting. Nobody survives their finest achievements.
It was not he Catholic Curch that started Tithng,the 10%, it was started in the Temples of Isreal, read yourBible, all wre expected to giv 10% tote Temple, wether it be in grain or other means. Most churches ask for their parshioners to "Tithe". and ask 20%
The 10% is from The Old Testament, the tithe
Amen to that Brother!
Fido and Spot must do their part to usher in socialized medicine.
Don't blame! I voted for the American! Holding my nose!
We now live in the Soviet Union. Thank you, democrats.
Obamacare is the biggest tax hike in history. Just because the medical device manufacturer is taxed not the consumer doesn't mean the consumer won't pay the tax because you will. No business pays taxes. The cost to the business for the tax is included in the price of the products and services you buy so the consumer pays ALL taxes in the end. People who go "yeah tax that business" are dopes.
Pet ownership is already expensive. Fewer animals will get the care they need. I just spent 1500 on surgery for my dog and that was a bargain. Anyone who thinks they are immune to the harm Obamacare will cause this country whether directly or indirectly is delusional. Obama is a pathological liar. The best is yet to come.
I've got two dogs, two cats and two birds, I wouldn't trade them for the POS in the White House or the twit from 'Frisco. Who I can assure you can't read.
Yet one more reason my dog hates Obama.
Something must be done about a pet health care crisis in this country.
it's not the pet health care crisis, it the overpopulation of unwanted pets, every day 10,000 animals are slaughtered in shelters across America. Opt to Adopt!
Good veterinary care is very expensive, even now. Those of us that love our pets will find a way to accomodate this monster of a man who imposes his will on all, even innocent animals. Note: it's going to have a negative effect on dental care, too, and as everyone knows, that is also expensive. I wonder if veterinarians and dentists are going to be forced to treat the Obamacare recipients free of charge?
I'm happy to be 75 years of age. The end is nearing.
Obama and the Democrats want to cost us all we make just for the necessities of life while they revel in the trappings of the elite, all while they denigrate all capitalists outside the Democrat Party.
Wow, I can't believe this. Our pets are going to pay too!
I have said this would happen since the uproar while it was being rammed through. Then, right after it was signed into law, my dog's Rx from the pharmacy went up about two hundred dollars! I showed the two receipts to everyone that would look…yet notice where we are now. Ron Paul people wouldn't vote for romney even just to avoid obi, and obi and his dirty bunch cheated.
Conservatives (Heritage included!) are pretending and reacting as if these people have honor…scruples…ethics. Ha! They don't have even the slightest inkling of anything remotely resembling those! I don't get why conservatives won't wake up.
My dog sleeps about 20 hours a day. She has her food prepared for her. She can eat whenever she wants, 24/7/365. Her meals are provided at no cost to her. She visits the Dr. once a year for her checkup, and again during the year if any medical needs arise. For this she pays nothing, and nothing is required of her. She lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than she needs, but she is not required to do any upkeep. If she makes a mess, someone else cleans it up. She has her choice of luxurious places to sleep. She receives these accommodations absolutely free. She is living like a queen, and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever. All of her costs are picked up by others who go out and earn a living every day. I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a brick in the head, Holy SH*T, my dog is a democrat!
Doesn't adding a tax to something always make it more affordable? Only in the Bizzaro World of Obama.
Just got the newsletter from a shelter we adopted from. The new rate for adoption is now $300 and up. There's a special on cats, however. Animals are the new class-warfare acquisition and this taxation will do much for making sure certain classes of people will have only what the government wants you to have…
I agree with Wilson. May the fleas of a thousand dogs infest those responsible, and may they all come down with worms (both intestinal and heartworms) and may they also suffer from Parvo.
Must be what the electorate wants. Right?
51% of the people in this country voted for Obama. That means that the 49% of the decent people in the country have absolutely no say in how the country is going to be run, and the inmates are now running the asylum. The United States is on the path to total financial destruction, and I am not sure but what it is intentional.
I don't own any pets, and so… I don't care!
I guess I won't be rescuing any more animals. Obama seems to have had a negative effect on every single aspect of my life, right down to my animals. How sad for this country. What an a$$hat.
Too bad, but you stupid democrats voted that thing back in for four more years. This is just the very beginning. You own it now.
More than $12 Billion spent on vet care for animals every year. What a messed up society we have that will waste so much money on animal care. Get a new pet, donate the unnecessary vet bill to help people.
obama voters are the lowest form of life.
remember queen nancy pillosi said you have to pass the bill to know what is in it.
sorry suckers
the democrats have screwed the USA and now their pets once again
This whole Obamacare is going to be our-all of us-downfall!
If gloves are a medical devise than virtually everything is so everything gets taxed. But at least I can take comfort in knowing that Obama only THINKS he is all powerful and in control. We will all be judged one day.
nancy said we'll have to read the bill
This just in – FLASH! ObamaCare will hike the costs of EVERYTHING. Now, back to sleep, everyone.
It's going to get worse, not better. Hope for the best prepare for the worst.
Enjoy it Liberals! This is what you wanted! You got it. Swallow it with a smile.
Not just Vets, but Dentists are seeing the same medical device tax hit. Expect dental fees to go up the largest percentage in many years.
Oh for Pete's sake….this is getting more and more ridiculous by the day. What were people thinking by returning this administation to the Whitehouse? Now the country is definitely going to the dogs too…
Time to take our animals for a walk on the White House lawn w/o pooper scoopers!
I had quite a discussion with my dog and she informed me that she was already paying too much for medical treatment and was NOT going to pay any more. I think she has decided to go on welfare. She's been offered a free cell phone!
New Zealand… here we come!
I work in the Medical Device industry. The Obamacare Medical Device Tax is a 2.3% tax on the gross revenues of a medical device manufacturer. It is geared toward implantable devices such as pacemakers, heart valves, joint replacements, etc. It does not distinguish who purchased the medical device or on whom (or what species) the device was use for. Therefore, a company that makes medical devices for veterinary purposes in addition to human medical purposes or has devices that can be used in both animals and humans will be subjected to this tax for their total revenues despite the breakdown of human versus veterinary sales. And yes, for whatever purpose the device is purchased for, like any tax, the cost of the 2.3% will be passed on to the end customer.
Boo, Padfoot, Percy, Mercy and Nikki are not too happy about this. If they were big cats, they would be tearing into congress right now.
Great! Another non-working, non-productive, non-taxpaying part of America, the minority taxpaying citizens will have to support!
Trying to figure out how TAXING health care equipment for patients and those who pay their medical bills reduces health care costs. Anybody know?
Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. After the first four years it looks like we would have learned. How in the blazes did Obama get re elected?
He is nothing but pure evil. Do you think he will have to pay for his dogs bill. NO we will probably pay for it. I hope those of you who vote for him will suffer the consequences as well. Like we pay for million dollar vacations and all his thugs in the office.
Either the owners can pay the tax through reduced earnings, or the employees via reduced pay or benefits, neither of those are going to happen, so that leaves the clients paying the tax. But if its collected by the manufacturer, the distributors will mark up the total cost of the item, and we will also mark up the cost so the clients will pay over 10 percent. I put the clinic's wholesale price in the computer, and the retail price automatically appears on the bill. Any vet hospital that reported they wouldn't raise prices as their costs rise is either lying or is so clueless about basic hospital management I wouldn't trust them to diagnose an ear infection.
The funniest part of Obamacare is taxing condoms to pay for birth control pills. Dear Dr. O, you can't lower the cost of healthcare by taxing it.
We will make Greece look like "pick up sticks." This is how to learn, a total collapse of our freedoms.
Four more years of this inept leadership. A lot more strays will be the result.
Great ..so now even our pets will suffer at the hands of Obama.
Are we out of our minds? How could rational people inflict such garbage on themselves? Maybe the idea of rational people has long gone.
The best part of that "tax" is that it is a 2.3% tax on the TOP line of the companies revenue, regardless of if they are profitable or not. So the reality of this teeny tiny tax is that it equates to over 15% of the after tax profits of the companies and will delay profitability for smaller companies and make those awful rich people think twice before they invest in a company that is subject to such a tax.
Yipee
Just watch 2016 Obama's America!! and you'll know why! Only jerks like the libs and Obama would hurt the poor, the ill and the defenseless. What a hypocrites they are!!
And once again the government violates the law. The IRS is not the U.S. House and under the Constitution the House is where all fiscal policy (and taxes) start, not in the minds of the unelected bureaucrats in the offices of the IRS.
My awesome plan was to use doggy's vet for our family healthcare after all of the human docs go Galt. Now, even that is in jeopardy!
The America we grew up in no longer exists. It has been taken over by an illegitimate government that arbitrarily enforces laws against one group, us, and not another, the oligarchy (i.e. Corzine), wants to force us to pay for the murder of unborn children and support sodomite marriage and unconstitutional wars, while violating every part of the constitution at will.
To pay taxes to this anti-Christ government is to be complicit with it, and suffer it's fate in hell. This is deadly serious.
If you pay taxes, you are guilty.
As a veterinarian and an informed citizen, I am not surprised by this ever expanding reach by the feds. What astounds me is the fact that half the owners of my clinic voted for Obama despite every indication that their taxes would rise. This will be one more thing passed along to our clients who are already finding it extremely difficult to provide their pets with good care for financial reasons. I would advise any new puppy or kitten owner to seriously consider pet insurance…..because Obamacare will not pay your vet bill, it will only make it larger.
Cute picture.
Will the ice in the ice pack be taxed?
Now a cat will really need nine lives . . . if he is going to survive Obamacare.
A cat has nine lives? Not under Obamacare. The owner won't be able to afford it.
Why is this a surprise? If the idiots in DC could devise a scheme to tax us for the air we breathe, they would do it. A pox on them all!
Obama screws the pooch!
Progressives consider pet ownership to be a form of slavery and that animals should have the same rights as people. The next step will be a hefty tax on pet licensing (we now have to license our cat who never goes further than the litter box or food dish!), as well as pet food and ads to make pet owners look evil. Eating meat will also be made socially unacceptable and taxed up the wazoo, until it is banned. Finally, they will lock you up and set Fido and Fluffy free.
Hmmmm… Seems like SOME group may be happy about less pigs in America (see pork prices) and a dwindling pet population (they view them as 'unclean). Worldwide caliphate, anyone?
Cause I'm the Taxman. Oh yeah.
It is time for a "Million Dog & Cat Mile March" in Washington, DC. Bring your animals to parade around the White House until each animal has deficated and/or voided on the premises. It could go down as "the big stink smelled around the World."
Woof
Nice, you know who the big loser will be in this situation. Instead of paying more for pet care, a lot of people will just euthanize their pet instead of paying the higher cost.
just more of the "hidden" parts of this Obamacare bill that was passed "so that we can know whats in it (Nancy Pelosi) and there is more to come this bill even without Obama still in office is enough to cripple America but now we have it and him.
Who is John Galt?
So do I have to pay for fido insurance? Will he be fined if he doesn't have health insurance?
Can I get my dogs registered to vote?
Now dogs will receive the same tax treatment as humans. Next humans will be treated just like dogs. Good bye grandma and grandpa.
This is saving us money? Thanks Obama and all you idiots who re-elected him. Hope you are all very happy.
I think camels…. more fleas on camels…….
sorry bob…. it wasn't the Catholic Church that came up with 10 percent…. and I don't think it is 10…. I think it is more like 7 percent and most all churches do the same tithing….
This will make my sister mad.
This article is ridiculous. Your vet will not be charged, only in the instance of these items used on people. Did this "journalist" do ANY checking?
Now that Obama has more "flexibility" he is going postal on America. Slowly, he is taking off his Hannibal Lecter human skin mask so everyone can see who he really is. Until the leftist loons feel the heat and rise up against this clown this is going to continue. Until then, "Here's Johnny!"
Too bad I have to go along for the ride, but it's going to be so much fun watching the look of astonishment on the faces of the Obamatools when he starts marching them off to the death camps.
You have to find bright spots somewhere.
So since I'm a pet owner, I'll be getting screwed twice.
Obama is the best thing for america . Selling bonds and creating a rat race is counter productinve
Cradle to grave. For you and your pets that is how obama what's to control your life and all of us will by paying for it with higher taxes. Not just the rich.
No Pet Left Behind!
Thank goodness our healthcare costs are going to come down. I know because Nancy Pelosi told me so, and I love Nancy Pelosi. I just want to embrace her and kiss her. She's my idol. I can hardly wait to start seeing reduced healthcare costs.
This premise is the same premise that Teadiots keep harping on. They anticipate wounds that have not happened yet, all set with their bandaid, tears and all. Kinda like their preemptive celebration of a Romney sweep. Stupid, stupid, stupid. No wonder sane people refer to them as studiots.
Ummmnmm I think that the health care law was compromised when congress got involved in the deal. How do we know whose action and whose side this law was changed under?
I guess I won't be visiting my local pet shelter to adopt a dog like I was planning. It's enough to to just feed and take care of the family.
So can we finally put to rest the lie being told by the Socialist that OBAMACARE,insuring 30 MILLION more peope was going to cost less? Only and Socialist or an idiot would haved believed this BS.
We're doomed.
As long as the gimme-dats can vote and want more Section 8, foodstamps, EBT, easy SSI Disability, $10k tax breaks for stupid battery cars, amnesty for trespassing illegals, two-year Unemployment benefits, etc — we are doomed.
screwin' the pooch….
You all make a big joke of this while your liberties are confiscated. Hell… you don't care as long as you have your pathetic ration of humanity which is dictated to you but nothing more. You make me sick.
Let me get this straight: ObamaCare is trying to cut medical costs by putting an extra tax in medical devices?!? That shows the great depth of his economics knowledge!
My how those socialist are so clever to list examination gloves as a medical device. What will they think of next?
Never mind in his lordships vision for a green America,he will suggest we recycle our pets and have them for dinner.
I think Obama lies awake at nite just thinking of ways to hurt us, to invade our lives, to destroy our Country.
No matter what Obama does, there is ALWAYS—SELF-INTEREST. …and TOTAL DISREGARD FOR ANY OF US…………..
I know this is OFF SUBJECT, but see what our tax dollars are paying for in spite of how bad things are..
Obama's oldest daughter and 15 of her friends have gone on vacation to Mexico on our tax dollars
That also included 35 security guards. I believe Obama just DOESNT CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Molly says hisssssssss hissssssssss!!!
Molly says hisssssssss hissssssssss!!!
Why survey manufacturers to determine how many will pass this additional cost on to their customers? Ultimately, all will or they will go out of business!
Businesses don't pay taxes! They only collect taxes from their customers and pass that money on to the various governments.
a lo of pet store owners will have to lay off some of thier employess because of the(sure to come) a decrease in business .
Lived 35 years under a Communist Regimen. Same story with Obamun here. I didn't vote for him, but many did. This is nothing yet. Say Goodbye to Freedom period. Very Sad. Very Sad indeed
I can't believe there isn't any law this administration hasn't violated or why he isn't held accountable publically so people learn the ethical expectations of leadership and what America's respect for self reliance and personal control called freedom and independence, is all about.
Obamacare even affects our pets! Ughhh!
I call bull…. My dog is epileptic. I can't get him Health Insurance because of Pre-Exisiting Conditions… That part was only over turned for humans. Now his care will be even more expensive…. I got screwed twice with this one
American health care consumers aren’t the only ones who will be hit by slated Obamacare tax hikes. Medical bills for their pets may go up as well.