Go Ahead, Tax those Benefits, it's Central to the Health Plan
by National Nurses Movement, Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 10:16:40 AM EDT
Enough already on the handwringing over the plan to start taxing employee healthcare benefits.
The tax is not a threat to the type of reform plan expected to emerge from Congress. It's a central element -- to pay for the massive public bailout of the health insurance industry and as a backdoor way to cut costs by discouraging people from seeking medical care.
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