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End Of The Line For The Excise Tax?
The White House’s announcement that they would present an actual piece of legislation in advance of the bipartisan health care summit has led to a refocus back to the more contested elements of the...
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Labor Deal On Excise Tax Benefits Mostly Non-Union Workers
A new study from the UC-Berkeley Labor Center shows that the excise tax on high-end insurance plans actually affects non-union workers more than their union counterparts, and the deal to soften the tax...
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Health Care Draft For Summit Looks Like Health Care Compromise From A Month Ago
Greg Sargent gets the scoop on the health care proposal being written by the White House in advance of the health care summit. Big surprise, it’s what the House and Senate would have voted on if Martha...
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White House Health Proposal – The Basics
The White House’s health reform plan is up at WhiteHouse.gov, or you can take a peek here. This represents a compromise document, one prepared to pass by using the Senate bill as a base and making...
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White House Health Proposal – The Politics
So what to make of this new health care proposal from the White House? Well, certainly it’s an indication that they’ve built a plan to do two things – 1) move using the reconciliation sidecar approach...
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Unions Skeptical Of Commitment from President On Their Issues
The AFL-CIO is holding their annual conference this week, coming just as President Obama applauded the mass firing of the teaching staff at a Rhode Island high school. And this just underlines the...
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White House Re-Opening Excise Tax Issue?
There’s still no word from CBO, though 7:30 ET is the new target date. But clearly, there are problems with conforming to the long-term deficit reduction needs determined by the reconciliation process....
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Stephen Lynch A No On Health Care?
Lots of people are emailing me to ask about Stephen Lynch, the Massachusetts Democrat who Politico claims will flip from Yes to No on the health care bill. Lynch has not shown on on any of my previous...
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AFL-CIO Endorses Health Care Bill
Rich Trumka’s statement is below. But a few notes from the conference call. • Trumka expects to keep working on health care reform after passage. In particular, the changes to the excise tax in the...
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Parliamentarian Provides Win for Dems on Reconciliation Bill
The President will sign the health care legislation at an 11am ceremony. After that, Senate work will begin on the reconciliation sidecar, and last night, the Senate’s parliamentarian, Alan Frumin,...
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