news.yahoo.com - 7/9/2009
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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.
google.com - 7/7/2009
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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 ...
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The Associated Press: Tax on health benefits fading?
detnews.com - 7/12/2009
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detnews.com —
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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House Dems look at Surtax on the Wealthy
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... and the National Association of Children's Hospitals, which were not directly involved in the talks, said in a joint statement: "Such reductions could severely damage safety net providers if not carefully crafted." "This is essential funding that supports trauma centers, burn care units and medical training," said Melissa Stafford Jones, president of the California Association of Public Hospitals. The deal would allow hospitals to limit the damage to their budgets. ____ Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090708/ap_on_go_co/us_heal... ...
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 6/14/2009 — (CNN) — Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that the Obama administration opposes taxing the medical benefits employers provide workers to
pay for health care reform, but he refused to rule it out entirely.
"We do not think that is the way to ...
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Organic has no health benefits'
news.bbc.co.uk 7/29/2009 — Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded. There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found. The Food ...
Health care tax = socialized medicine = eugenics?
silentmajority09.com 7/7/2009 — What a tax on health benefits may mean Congress is considering limiting the tax exclusion on employer-sponsored health benefits to save the federal government billions of dollars that could to help pay for comprehensive health care overhaul. To be honest I couldn’t even get past the headline ...
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bloomberg.com 6/26/2009 — June 26 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate proposal to impose taxes for the first time on “gold-plated” health plans may bypass generous employee benefits negotiated by unions. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus , the chief congressional ...
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