The White House, in a post purporting to tell “The Truth on Health Care Reform and Taxes,” repeats a claim I’ve seen just about all defenders of the “They-Call-It-Cadillac-But-It’s-Really-A-Chevy Excise tax” make: that the tax will give workers a …
Read Original Story: The Cadillac-turned-Chevy Wage Increase Myth – Firedoglake (blog)
WASHINGTON—An employer benefits trade group said Tuesday it won’t support health care reform legislation before the Senate unless the measure is revamped. “We are unable to support the Senate bill in its current form and are increasingly disturbed that …
Read Original Story: Employer group calls for revamp of health care reform plan – Business Insurance
WASHINGTON – December 17 – As the debate in the Senate over health care intensifies, a new analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) cautions that the Senate bill lacks an effective employer-responsibility provision. …
Read Original Story: Will the Senate Health Care Bill Give Some Employers a Free Ride? – Common Dreams (press release)
An Issue Brief released yesterday by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) concludes that small firms would largely benefit from the reform efforts that have been put forth in both the Senate bill (HR 3590) and the House bill (HR 3200). …
Read Original Story: Small Business Is Not Better Off Under Obamacare – Heritage.org (blog)
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — If proposed health care legislation is enacted, it would set new standards in the employer-based insurance system. Approximately 18.4 million Californians and 161 million Americans under the age of …
Read Original Story: How National Health Reform Proposals Would Affect Employer-Based Plans in … – PR Newswire (press release)
Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison doesn’t think it should. In fact, she sponsored an amendment to the Senate bill to delay those taxes. Even though her amendment was killed Wednesday, it’s a topic that could be a GOP …
Read Original Story: Fact Check: Taxes And Health Reform – Kaiser Health News
All Americans should have access to affordable healthcare and no one should be denied coverage by health insurers because they are sick. It’s a great ideal, but how great an idea is it in reality? Under the latest Senate bill, …
Read Original Story: Healthcare reform appeals to emotion, but logic falls flat – The Underground
As we move into the final stage of the historic push for health reform, opponents of reform are testing the age old adage that if you only say something enough times you can somehow make it true. Yesterday, we heard a new version of the old, …
Read Original Story: White House On The Truth About Health Care Reform And Middle Class Taxes – Gov Monitor
The Senate is ignoring the interests of the current employer-based health care insurance system in its draft of reform legislation, officials of 2 trade groups are telling the Senate leadership. Officials of the National Association …
Read Original Story: Reform Ignores Employer Needs, Groups Say – National Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News
A proposed excise tax on generous health insurance plans in the Senate health care bill has many worried. Mary Maddux has a health plan many would envy. She pays no deductible. The 52-year-old bus driver for Bend-La Pine Schools, who retired just this …
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