Not exactly the facts.... but read more about it here.
Both the chain e-mail and the blog post are deceptive, and here's why:
Instead of being a sales tax on all real estate transactions, the 3.8 percent tax is actually a tax on investment income for the wealthy. It applies only to the investment income of single taxpayers who make more than $200,000 or couples who make more than $250,000. (We looked it up in Section 1402 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, titled "Unearned income Medicare contribution
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...e-health-care/
The Devil is in the details of this bill..... they didnt put it into so many pages and un-understandable form for no reason. Hell the ones that passed it admitted not to reading it or even understanding it... they just voted for it cause they were told to.