nytimes.com - 7/9/2009
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Democrats Divide Over a Proposal to Tax Health Benefits
npr.org - 7/16/2009
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Morning Edition , July 16, 2009 Senators Christopher
Dodd and Orrin Hatch say they are committed to...
finding middle ground on overhauling health care. Dodd is filling in as the chairman of the Health Education and Labor Committee, while Ted Kennedy is ...
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Health Plan Issues Divide Democrats, Republicans
detnews.com - 7/12/2009
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James P. Hoffa: WASHINGTON, D.C. No tax on
workers' health benefits Detroit, we have a problem. We're...
suffering serious economic pain at a time when health care costs in our state are going through the roof. The one million Michiganians who don't ...
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No tax on workers' health benefits | detnews.com | The ...
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The Early Word: Stimulus Assessments
The Caucus —
... , much of which it deems bound by government formulas that have long been in place for federal projects. Accompanying concerns about the sustained economic downturn, for many of course, is the cost of new programs fueling rising deficits. On the health care front, Democrats find themselves divided over how to pay for overhauling the system. The Times’s David Herszenhorn reviews the legislative landscape , as Democratic leaders try to ward off a proposal to tax health benefits to help cover the costs of the overall plan. Other Democrats and Republicans see that ...
Labor Groups to Press Obama on Health Care and a Second Stimulus Effort
The Caucus —
... to overcome a filibuster. Mr. McEntee said the focus of the meeting would be on health-care legislation. For decades, universal health coverage has been a goal of the nation’s labor movement. “This meeting will give labor leaders the opportunity to talk particularly about health-care reform, the public option and how to fund health-care reform,” said Mr. McEntee, who also serves as chairman of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s political committee. He said labor leaders would emphasize their opposition to proposals that would tax employer-provided health benefits. “That ...
You can tax my health beneifits too
Crooks and Liars —
... I don't understand what the problem with this is: Yeah, Obama attacked John McCain for threatening to eliminate the tax exclusion for group health insurance, and of course the Villagers are calling President Obama a hypocrite because it's being tossed in as part of the health-care reform discussion, but the ...
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news.yahoo.com 7/9/2009 — AP - Senate Democratic leaders rebelled Tuesday against a proposed tax on health insurance benefits, raising fresh doubts about the prospects for bipartisan legislation on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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news.yahoo.com 6/15/2009 — AP - Lawmakers and administration officials on Sunday distanced themselves from the idea of taxing health benefits to help pay President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and bickered over whether government insurance would strengthen the market.
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news.yahoo.com 6/25/2009 — AP - President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday, and officials said top lawmakers and the White House were seeking $150 billion in concessions from the nation's hospitals as they sought support for ...
The Associated Press: Tax on health benefits fading?
google.com 7/7/2009 — 11 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) A key lawmaker says senators at work on health care legislation are having second thoughts about imposing a tax on high-end insurance coverage that workers receive on the job. Sen. Kent Conrad says polling shows ...
Core Issues Still Divide House Democrats
online.wsj.com 7/28/2009 — Prospects dimmed for getting a full House vote on a consensus health-care bill this week, despite stepped-up efforts by Democratic leaders.
Can we divide the Taliban?
americasfuture.org 7/13/2009 — The experts’ views are diametrically opposed. As far as I can tell, there is no partisan element to this disagreement. In Foreign Affairs [subscription only], Fotini Christia and Michael Semple write:
The idea that large groups of armed men bent ...
Obama Under Pressure to Push Unpopular Tax on Health Benefits
washingtonpost.com 6/15/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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