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news.yahoo.com - 6/15/2009
Officials voice no support for health benefits tax (AP)
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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.
washingtonpost.com - 6/15/2009
Obama Under Pressure to Push Unpopular Tax on Health Benefits
— washingtonpost.com — 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. ... (more) Obama Under Pressure to Push Unpopular Tax on Health ...

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foxnews.com - 6/14/2009
Dodd Resists Tax on Health Care Benefits, Calls Proposal 'Unnecessary' - Political News
— foxnews.com — A key senator in the health care reform debate dug in his heels Sunday in opposition to... calls for taxing employer-provided health benefits, saying the comprehensive overhaul could be paid for in other ways. "This is unnecessary," Sen. Chris Dodd, ... (more) Dodd Resists Tax on Health Care Benefits, Calls Proposal ...

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Obama pressed to tax health benefits
msnbc.msn.com - 6/15/2009
Obama pressed to tax health benefits
— msnbc.msn.com — The White House is caught in a battle within its own party over how to finance an... overhaul of health care, as key Dems advocate a plan that could require President Obama to break a campaign pledge on taxes. (more) Obama pressed to tax health benefits

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Think Progress:  Obama tells doctors: ‘The public option is not your enemy, it is your friend.’

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Obama tells doctors: ‘The public option is not your enemy, it is your friend.’
Think Progress — ... a proposal to create a non-profit co-operative. Media reports have suggested that the White House may be warming to the idea of dropping the public plan. But today, in a speech before the AMA convention, Obama ...

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