Correct me if I'm wrong: Isn't the tax on a sliding scale based on income?

[panader0]

Won't people below the poverty level pay little or no tax?
It'll take me a while to understand the repercussions of all of this.

[sadbear]

1. Won't people below the poverty level be enrolled in Medicaid anyway?

[enough]

2. Yes. (nt)

[elleng]

3. I believe low income people will pay nothing,

but haven't read all this.

Additionally,

The law would expand Medicaid coverage to everyone with incomes under 133 percent of the federal poverty level. In 2012, that's $14,856. In practice, the expansion will mostly cover adults without children or disabilities, since low-income children, parents and those with disabilities are mostly already eligible.

But unlike the rest of Medicaid, whose costs are mostly shared between the federal government and the states, the federal government picks up the entire cost of the additional coverage for the first several years; eventually states have to pay 10 percent.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/06/27/155861308/medicaid-expansion-goes-overlooked-in-supreme-court-anticipation

[kestrel91316]

4. Correct. But people with VERY little money will be able to get on Medicaid or get huge subsidies for

their premiums, making their insurance very very cheap, if not free. So I'm not sure how many will refuse that.