Health Care Tax

Cause and Effect: Health Care's New Tax

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.25.2011

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With this new political brouhaha, my fear is that the highly-charged political environment surrounding health care reform will interfere with the monumental task of implementation.

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Obama Tells House Democrats He Supports Senate Tax On Cadillac Health Care Plans

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end...

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Reid Eyes Payroll Tax Hike On Wealthy Americans

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care l...

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Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

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Paying for Health Care Reform: Part 1

Stephen M. Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The critical question of how to pay for health care reform seems more difficult than it needs to be, as Congress has chosen to rely on a reform strategy that depends on competition.

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Shame Is the Name of the Game

Beth Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The GOP are shameless in their arguments against Democratic approaches to health care reform. We need health care for every American, regardless of income, and the rich should pay their share.

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Mitch Albom, "Compassionate" Chronicler of Sickness, Bashes Health Care Reform and Defends Richest 1%

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitch "Tuesdays with Morrie" Albom has made millions writing books about sick people. I've always assumed that he is a somewhat compassionate human being but his new column proves me wrong.

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Tax On 'Gold-Plated' Health Care Plans Gains Ground

politico.com | MIKE ALLEN | | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House officials are embracing a plan to tax "gold-plated, Cadillac" insurance policies, giving momentum to an idea that is receiving bipartisan ...

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Shocker: Steele Agrees With Obama On Key Health Care Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his speech Monday morning denouncing the president's efforts to overhaul the health care system as a socialistic experiment run amok, Michael Steel...

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GOP Pushing Hidden Health Care Tax on All Americans, Not Reform

Rep. George Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many Republicans would do nothing to reform health care and would instead leave in place the hidden $1,800 a year tax on all Americans.

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Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

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