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Reid Eyes Payroll Tax Hike On Wealthy Americans

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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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 10.13.2009 | Politics

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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 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Stephen M. Davidson

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 09.05.2009 | Home

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Beth Shulman

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 08.28.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

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 08.26.2009 | Politics

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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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Sam Stein

Shocker: Steele Agrees With Obama On Key Health Care Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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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 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Rep. George Miller

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 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

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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