Starting in 2014, President Obama's health care law will expand coverage to some 30 million uninsured people. For most people, the law will not mean sending more money to the Internal Revenue Service. But the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans will take a hit, starting next year.
And roughly 20 million people eventually will benefit from tax credits that start in 2014 to help them pay insurance premiums.
A look at some of the major taxes and fees, estimated to total nearly $700 billion over 10 years.
■ Health care industries. Insurers, drug companies, and medical device manufacturers face new fees and taxes. Companies that make medical equipment sold chiefly through doctors and hospitals, such as pacemakers, artificial hips and coronary stents, will pay a 2.3 percent excise tax on their sales, expected to total $1.7 billion in its first year, 2013. The insurance industry faces an annual fee that starts at $8 billion in its first year, 2014. Pharmaceutical companies that make or import brand-name drugs are already paying fees; they totaled $2.5 billion in 2011.