Senate's Proposed Health Care Tax Isn't Aimed at the Rich, It's Aimed at You

There is a middle-class tax time bomb ticking in the Senate’s version of President Obama’s effort to reform health care.

The bill that passed the Senate with such fanfare on Christmas Eve would impose a confiscatory 40 percent excise tax on so-called Cadillac health plans, which are popularly viewed as over-the-top plans held only by the very wealthy. In fact, it’s a tax that in a few years will hammer millions of middle-class policyholders, forcing them to scale back their access to medical care.

Which is exactly what the tax is designed to do. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Health
Topics: Health Care, Taxes
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 4, 2010 - 8:21 PM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jan 4, 2010 - 8:23 PM PST
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by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 4, 2010

Herbert makes some assumptions in his analysis, but the idea that employers will increase pay to compensate for decreased quality of health care coverage is a fascinating fantasy he exposes.

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jan. 4, 2010

Yet another case of the public being raped by the Senate. Something better give this cap exceeds many peoples drug bills alone or one hospital visit.

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