Health Savings Acounts take a hit – Thanks to Jim Webb

VA Tea Party Federation — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:08:36 +0000

The following was received recently via email:

Friends,

Happy New Year! While we’re gearing up for the new Congress and the Virginia General Assembly session, I wanted to take a minute and update you on just one of the reasons we’re fighting to repeal ObamaCare.

January 1 brought some of the first unpleasant side effects of ObamaCare to Virginia consumers – the end of Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts as we know them.

Desperate for tax dollars to pay for their $1 trillion health care takeover, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Jim Webb decided to pick the pockets of consumers who opted to take responsibility for their own health care costs and remove the ability of consumers to use FSA and HSA plans to pay for things like aspirin and other non-prescription health needs.

Jim Webb cast one of the deciding votes that allowed ObamaCare to become law. See here and here.

Until this week, consumers could use their accounts to set aside pre-tax money for medical expenses. But thanks to Webb and other tax happy Democrats, over-the-counter drug purchases are now off limits to FSA and HSA accounts. Consumers who mistakenly charge such purchases to the accounts will not only be held liable for the taxes that they would have otherwise paid, but also a 20% penalty.

While we have won a major victory against this monstrosity in the courts and our new GOP majority in the House of Representatives is preparing a repeal vote in the coming days, we must continue to pursue every available opportunity to roll back this unprecedented assault on our liberty — and our nation’s fiscal future.

Thanks for being involved in the fight! If we all keep working hard, we’ll send Jim Webb packing in 2012!

Yours in Republican victory,

Chairman Pat Mullins

Happenings: Jan 3, 4, 5

VA Tea Party Federation — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:37:13 +0000

Monday January 3, 2010 http://www.rncdebate.org/ 2011 RNC Chairman Debate hosted by Americans for Tax Reform & The Daily Caller.

View the debate live on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM EST at www.dailycaller.com.

After registering and logging in, you can submit and vote on questions to be asked of the candidates at the debate. If your question is selected, you will receive both a signed copy of Grover Norquist’s Leave Us Alone and a ball cap from The Daily Caller. You may also view last year’s debate here.

Tuesday January 4, 2010

10:00 AM Tuesday January 4th meet in the upper lobby at the Hyatt Capitol Hill located at 400 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington DC

We will walk to the congressional buildings and hand deliver a welcome letter to all newly elected representatives.

Please feel free to write a personal letter of your own to your representative.

11:00 AM meeting with House Leader John Boehner.

12:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

We will then continue to deliver letters 242 to the Representatives and 24 to the Senators

**If you cannot meet at 10:00 AM please call Rita C# 540-270-9559 when you arrive to find the group of TEA Party / 9-12 leaders.

Tuesday evening 7:00 PM join others at the Hyatt Lounge for a get together.

Tuesday 8:30 PM conference call for Healthcare Compact Interstate Compact participants.

Wednesday January 5, 2010

9:00 AM Meet at UPPER SENATE PARK
We will continue to deliver letters before the swearing in ceremonies begin.

11:30 AM to 2:00 PM Swearing in ceremonies – Meet at the Hyatt Capitol Hill Lobby to view the swearing in ceremonies

After the swearing in ceremonies, those of you who have made an appointment or have been invited to your newly elected Representative or Senator open house will leave for those appointments. For those who worked so hard to defeat “If you don’t tie our hands, we’ll keep stealing” Periello in the 5th District, regardless of where you live, Cong. Robert Hurt has extended an invitation: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Open House Congressman-Elect Robert Hurt’s Office Longworth House Office Building Office # 1516 Office #202-225-4711 NoonSwearing-in at the Capitol View ceremony at Hurt’s office on monitors 1:00 – 6:00 PM Group photos 6:00 – 8:00 PM – Reception for Family, Friends and Supporters at Sonoma Restaurant 223 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC http://www.sonomadc.com

Option 7:30 PM gather at the Hyatt Capitol Hill for a meet and greet with TEA Party/ 912ers again to talk about the day’s highlights.

Thursday Jan. 6th House of Representatives to give first reading of the US Constitution all the way through during Congress’s session.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122901402.html When new freshmen Congressmen take over next week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before in the 221-year history of the House of Representatives.

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Health Savings Acounts take a hit – Thanks to Jim Webb

Happenings: Jan 3, 4, 5