Obamacare has 21 tax increases, and raises taxes by more than $1 trillion. (“Obamacare Tax Increases Will Impact Us All,” Tax Foundation, 3/5/2013, Accessed 5/20/2014)
- The Medical Device Tax has already cost 33,000 U.S. jobs. (Tom Howell, “Obamacare medical device tax led to loss of 33,000 jobs, report says,” Washington Times, 2/23/2014)
- The medical device industry in Pennsylvania includes 177 companies that employ 22,000 people, and support a total of 80,000 jobs. (Colby Itkowitz, “Medical device industry absorbing Obamacare tax so far,” Allentown Morning Call, 8/19/2013)
Tom Wolf supports Obamacare, and says that it’s “a step in the right direction.” (Ed Mahon, “A look at five things Tom Wolf wants to do if he’s elected governor,” York Daily Record, 3/29/2014)
- Tom Wolf has called Obamacare “a good start” (John Micek, “Democratic guv candidate Tom Wolf answers your questions,”Harrisburg Patriot-News, 3/25/2014)
- Wolf: “I will make the President’s ACA — Obamacare — work here in Pennsylvania.” (Philadelphia Speaks Out Gubernatorial Forum, 11/23/2013)
Tom Wolf believes that Pennsylvania should move towards a single payer system.
- Wolf said of universal healthcare “We need to have that.” (Philadelphia Speaks Out Gubernatorial Forum, 11/23/2013)
Tom Wolf placed Ted Dallas as Secretary of Human Services. Secretary Dallas was in charge of Maryland’s disastrous attempt at creating a state exchange, wasting over $261 million of taxpayer money. (Erin Cox, “Costs rising for state health exchange, which is still ‘not functional,’” The Baltimore Sun, 2/10/2014)
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