news.yahoo.com - 6/25/2009
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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 legislation struggling to emerge in Congress.
google.com - 6/25/2009
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google.com —
2 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) With lawmakers trying
to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health...
care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits. Senior senators said Wednesday the ...
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The Associated Press: Obama not closing door on possible ...
fixhealthcarepolicy.com - 6/18/2009
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fixhealthcarepolicy.com —
To: The President and Congress of the United
States From: Edwin Feulner, Ph.D., President, The Heritage Foundation...
Health care reform has been a central goal of The Heritage Foundation since our creation more than three decades ago, so we welcomed ...
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An Open Letter to Obama on Health Care
faustasblog.com - 6/27/2009
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"Robust"
Corrente —
On this thread, I wrote:
"Robust" is one of those Versailles words you want to watch out for. Back in the day, when I was a high priced tech consultant, "robust" meant "in a big honkin three-ring-binder I can show to management." Empty linguistic calories, totally.
For example:
Baucus said new approaches were discussed in meetings Wednesday, and he described them as "variations, but on the same themes that have been discussed quite a bit — more robust, beefed-up co-op approach." ...
Did Obama Say We Should Kill the Old Folks to Save Money Last Night?
Stop The ACLU —
... . Ah, but we are told that Obama’s ideas on healthcare are “evolving,” dontcha know? During the recent campaign for president (that was only 7 months ago, if you’ll recall) Obama insisted that he would never tax your healthcare benefits from work. He even ridiculed McCain for proposing such a plan. Lately, however, he’s “evolved” toward saying that such a new tax is on the table. What about his stance against fining people and businesses that don’t join his UberPlan? He was against that sort of coerciveness before. Now he’s ...
Did Obama Say We Should Kill the Old Folks to Save Money Last Night?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Ah, but we are told that Obama’s ideas on healthcare are “evolving,” dontcha know? During the recent campaign for president (that was only 7 months ago, if you’ll recall) Obama insisted that he would never tax your healthcare benefits from work. He even ridiculed McCain for proposing such a plan. Lately, however, he’s “evolved” toward saying that such a new tax is on the table. What about his stance against fining people and businesses that don’t join his UberPlan? He was against that sort of coerciveness before. Now he’s ...
Obama Says We Shouldn't Treat Old Folks to Save Money And the Media Goes Deaf
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... Ah, but we are told that Obama's ideas on healthcare are "evolving," dontcha know? During the recent campaign for president (that was only 7 months ago, if you'll recall) Obama insisted that he would never tax your healthcare benefits from work. He even ridiculed McCain for proposing such a plan. Lately, however, he's "evolved" toward saying that such a new tax is on the table. What about his stance against fining people and businesses that don't join his UberPlan? He was against that sort of coerciveness before. Now he's ...
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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 ...