The article profiles a \u201csex worker\u201d (actual activities unspecified) who calls herself \u201cSiouxsie Q\u201d who\u2019s happy to be buying health insurance.\u00a0 Like any self-employed individual, she didn\u2019t have health insurance from her employer and, the article tells us, prior to Obamacare, \u201cshe and her partner recently reviewed their healthcare options and found that a joint plan would have cost between $400 and $500 a month \u2014 an unaffordably large chunk of their incomes.\u201d <\/p>\n
Now, we read, \u201ccome January 1, when the new law goes into effect, she and her partner will be looking at a monthly bill of between $175 and $200. They\u2019re deciding between two plans on the California exchange and will receive a tax credit of about $275 a month (without the credit it would have cost nearly $500).\u201d<\/p>\n
So the plan cost hasn\u2019t decreased \u2014 it\u2019s just that now she\u2019s eligible for subsidies.\u00a0 And what the article tells us, but doesn\u2019t really acknowledge, is the reason why Obamacare is such a boon, why they\u2019re enjoying such generous subsidies, is that they work under the table, and receive subsidies based on only their reported income:<\/p>\n
Individuals making less than $46,000 are eligible for a tax credit to offset their monthly costs. Many of the sex workers at the event file W-2s for their legal work, whether it be a part-time job or sex work that falls within the law. Sex workers interviewed by CNNMoney estimated this income to be less than $45,000 a year. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, in other words, in addition to being tax cheats, they\u2019re now cheating the rest of us by claiming subsidies they don\u2019t deserve.\u00a0\u00a0(How much is their total income?\u00a0 Would they, if it was reported\u00a0\u2014 and, last I read, the IRS had mechanisms to enable one to report income from any kind of activity, legal or not \u2014 actually be eligible for these or any subsidies?\u00a0 CNN doesn\u2019t bother to ask these questions.)\u00a0 But, to CNN, it\u2019s just another Obamacare success story, helping people in need of healthcare.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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