H&R Block Lobbied Heavily For Obamacare

[AuH20]

The ticks behind the tax ticks.

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http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/24/hr-block-helped-shape-obamacare-now-set-for-gigantic-payday/3/


Ellis says the health law as written may serve as a “tipping point” to attract new customers to the H&R Block retail empire.

“You go from getting zero dollars from that person to $200 to $300 per person. With a couple of million people, you’re talking about real money,” he said.

[paleocon1]

Naturally they did- rent seeking to drive customers their way to be pillaged. I will never do business with them.

[Working Poor]

Yea get your billions back america...

[donnay]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKRmI7NlipY

[otherone]

https://gigoid.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/more-george-sez.jpg

[Pericles]

And insurance companies are all over it as well.

[axiomata]

I switched from Turbotax after they watered down the services in Deluxe but now I feel guilty for giving H&R block a shot.

[enhanced_deficit]

The ticks behind the tax ticks.



Naturally they did- rent seeking to drive customers their way to be pillaged. I will never do business with them.

Not sure about profiteering motive but there might be a social/political element also behind their decision:



H&R Block built a national brand by offering professional services for a mass market. Beginning in 1972 Henry Bloch appeared in television commercials, which also helped build H&R Block into a national firm. Soon there were 8,600 offices. By 1978 the company offices prepared more than one of every nine tax returns filed in the United States, and by the turn of the century it had over 100,000 associates at more than 12,000 offices around the world. Widely known as a businessman, civil leader, and avid supporter of the arts in Kansas City, Henry served on the boards of the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Federation.

In 1978 Richard was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and was told he had three months to live. Refusing to accept this diagnosis, he underwent aggressive therapy for two years and was pronounced cured. He promised himself that if he survived he would devote his life to helping others fight cancer. By 1980 he was fulfilling his commitment; in 1982 he sold his interest in H&R Block. Richard and his wife founded the Cancer Hotline in 1980. It educates and provides information to thousands of newly diagnosed cancer patients and their families. They also founded the R.A. Bloch Cancer Management Center and the R.A. Bloch Cancer Support Center at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. Richard Bloch and his wife, Annette, wrote three books about fighting cancer. Their cancer foundation oversees annual rallies each year on the first Sunday in June to raise awareness that death and cancer are not synonymous. At the first rally, in 1990, they dedicated a park to Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer. Since then the Blochs have completed 19 additional cancer survivor parks. Richard Bloch also served a six-year term on the National Cancer Advisory Board.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_03134.html

[angelatc]

I am working for the second largest tax preparer this year. I had to take some continuing education modules this year, including one on Obamacare. It was a video presentation, and I wish I could record it and play it for you. It was basically 5 minutes on how to calculate the penalty, 5 minutes on how to apply for an exemption, and 20 minutes of brainwashing people into understanding how Dear Leader's program is the most important thing to happen to America since electricity.

[oyarde]

I am working for the second largest tax preparer this year. I had to take some continuing education modules this year, including one on Obamacare. It was a video presentation, and I wish I could record it and play it for you. It was basically 5 minutes on how to calculate the penalty, 5 minutes on how to apply for an exemption, and 20 minutes of brainwashing people into understanding how Dear Leader's program is the most important thing to happen to America since electricity.

I like electricity better.They can keep that other shit .

[Scrooge McDuck]

Hooray for an entire industry that wouldn't exist in a free market. Of course they love higher taxes and more complicated taxes. Win-Win-(we lose)

[ZENemy]

I love the feeling I get when I tell these folks I wont participate in their health INSURANCE scam.