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The Hidden Obamacare Taxes That   Will Crush The Middle Class

By Money Morning Staff Reports 

  Get  ready to be blindsided by a barrage of new taxes. $1 trillion worth... 

  They'll be coming courtesy of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as  Obamacare. 

  And they won't just be affecting those who make over $250,000. The bulk of  these taxes will be passed on directly to the middle class. 

  That's because while a majority of these "stealth taxes" were  designed to be taxes on businesses, they're actually transferred directly to  ordinary citizens.

  They include the investment income surtax, a Medicare payroll tax, even a  "tanning tax" on those who utilize indoor tanning services. 

  "Many of those [hidden] taxes, especially those on hospitals, insurers and  medical device manufacturers, will ultimately be passed on through higher  health costs," said Michael Tanner an expert on the healthcare law.

  In fact, analysts estimate Obamacare  will cost the average taxpayer nearly $6,000 in extra taxes as early as next  year. 

    Obamacare Tax Hikes Stoke Outrage

  Many of the Obamacare taxes are already in effect, others will hit January 1. But they are already infuriating millions of Americans.

  While  even Obamacare detractors applaud the requirement that insurance companies  cover pre-existing conditions and put a stop to lifetime caps on benefits, they  say these laudable benefits don't compensate for the bills high cost -  especially in new taxes.

  According  to most experts, Obamacare will create a total of twenty new taxes or tax hikes  on the American people.

  In  fact, the Obama administration has already given the IRS an extra $500 million  to enforce the rules and regulations of Obamacare.

  The  new taxes don't bode well for millions of middle-class Americans. Incomes for  the rich have soared this decade but middle class workers have seen their wages  stagnate and even drop since the 2008 Great Recession.

  Many  fear Obamacare with its high insurance costs and new taxes, could provide the  middle class a fatal blow.

The 20 new Obamacare taxes are making Americans eyes pop out  in disbelief. Take a look.

  Of  course, the Obamacare plan was primarily designed to decrease the number of  uninsured Americans and reduce healthcare costs.

  Many  experts are saying it will have the exact opposite effect.

  They  claim that the taxes and costs needed to pay for Obamacare will crush the  middle class and most U.S. taxpayers, as well as trigger job losses in affected  industries.

  Tax  experts say you should try to estimate how much you will have to pay when the law  goes into full effect - and take precautions to limit the damage to your bottom  line.

  One expert, Dr. Betsy McCaughey, a constitutional  scholar with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, recently wrote a best-seller  showing Americans how they can not only survive Obamacare, but prosper through  it.

  McCaughey claims to be one of the only people in the  country - including members of Congress - who has actually read the entire  2,572 page law.

  Her book, titled Beating Obamacare: Your Handbook  for Surviving The New Health Care Law, breaks the huge bill down into 168 pages  of actionable advice.

  The book, written in an easy going, easy to read  style, shows some startling facts about Obamacare not seen in the mainstream  press.

  For example, she points to a little known passage in  the bill that shows how you could get slapped with a $2,000 fine for not having  health insurance - even if you do actually have it.

  She also goes into detail explaining how a third of  all U.S. employers could stop offering health insurance to their workers.

  In one chapter, she shows how ordinary Americans  will get stuck paying for substance abuse coverage - even if they never touched  a drink or drug in their life.

  According to McCaughey's research, senior citizens  will get hit the hardest.

  Hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery will  be especially hard to get from Medicare in the months ahead thanks to  Obamacare, according to McCaughey.

  She warns seniors to get those types of procedures  done now before Obamacare goes into effect January 1.