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Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?
San Jose :: CA :: USA | about 6 hours ago
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Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers...Her plan covers mental health counseling, organ transplants, acupuncture. It...
Tags: Kinzi Blair, health insurance, health plans, Joe Courtney, health reformers, Senate Democrats, Senate Finance, Cadillac, cadillac tax, John Goodman, San Jose, Health economics, Healthcare reform, Medicare, United States National Health Care Act, Healthcare reform in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Insurance, Social Issues, Labor
FACTBOX: Winners, losers in Senate health bill
New York :: NY :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle for sweeping healthcare reform on Saturday by voting to open debate on the historic legislation. The Senate debate due to start on November 30 is expected to last for at least three weeks. Senate Democrats want...
Tags: medicare, healthcare, medicaid, Senate Finance Committee, Senate Democrats, U.S. House of Representatives, Independent Medicare Advisory Board, biologic drugmakers, New York, Pharmaceutical industry, Health care reform in the United States, Health care reform debate in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States National Health Care Act, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
'Reform bill would aid millions in Ohio, Ky.'
Lincoln :: AR :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Making another push for its health care reform bill as the U.S. Senate prepares for a floor debate, the Obama administration said today that 2 million uninsured residents of Ohio and Kentucky could get more affordable coverage if Democratic plans are...
Tags: health, senate, senate majority, Blanche Lincoln, health care reform, healthcare reform, politics, Senate Democrats, U.S. Senate, public option, Lincoln, Single-payer health care, Public health insurance option, Joe Lieberman presidential campaign, Political positions of Joe Lieberman, Healthcare reform in the United States, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman, Social Issues, Medicaid, Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Landrieu family, Mary Landrieu, Health insurance, United States National Health Care Act, Insurance, Health care reform in the United States, Medicare, Uninsured in the United States, Kathleen Sebelius, WellPoint, Health Medical Pharma, Labor
Democrats Focus on G.O.P. Senators From Maine
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The two moderate Republican senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe , say Senator Harry Reid , the majority leader, reached out to them after he unveiled the Senate measure, encouraging them to bring forward their ideas and concerns...Collins...
Tags: Senate Week, Senate Democrats, health care, Guantanamo Bay, Illinois, Thomson Correctional Center, Dick Durbin, Feinstein, U.S, senator democrats, Chicago, 111th United States Congress, Healthcare reform in the United States, Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins, Healthy Americans Act, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Democratic Party, Politics, Social Issues, Jon Kyl, United States Senate, Filibuster, Parliamentary procedure, Olympia Snowe, Barack Obama, United States National Health Care Act, Political positions of Barack Obama, Baalei teshuva, Health Medical Pharma
Senate Democrats unite to push health bill over first hurdle
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama ...The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a bruising,...
Tags: Senate Democrats, health care, Washington, George Voinovich, United States Senate, Politics, Social Issues
Senate health care bill about to enter a political minefield
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes health care debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today. Debate on the $848 billion bill to overhaul the...
Tags: senate, senate vote, Senate Democrats, U.S. Senate, Democratic Senate, health care, politics, senator democratic, care debate, Barack Obama, Washington, Baalei teshuva, Joe Lieberman, Mitch McConnell, Arlen Specter, Chuck Schumer, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Healthcare reform in the United States, 111th United States Congress, Social Issues, Health Medical Pharma, Democratic Party, Labor, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Political positions of Barack Obama, Healthy Americans Act, Ben Nelson, Political corruption, 110th United States Congress, Cloture, Nuclear option, Parliamentary procedure, United States Senate, Filibuster
Some states already poised to opt out of public plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Their efforts could be a harbinger of trouble for the staple feature of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) newly unveiled healthcare plan: a public option that allows states the ability not to participate. Starting as early as this summer,...
Tags: public option, Senate Democrats, New Jersey, public plan, Washington, United States Senate, Public health insurance option, Healthcare reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, Democratic Party, Health insurance, Politics, Social Issues
Dems seal majority to advance health care legislation
Lincoln :: AR :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama...Mary Landrieu...
Tags: health, Mary Landrieu, health care reform, Senate Democrats, Senate Dems, health care, Mary Landrieu, senate floor, Arkansas Sen, Blanche Lincoln, Lincoln, United States Senate, Parliamentary procedure, 110th United States Congress, Nuclear option, Mitch McConnell, Ben Nelson, Harry Reid, Politics, Uninsured in the United States, Insurance, Health care reform in the United States, Massachusetts health care reform, Healthcare reform in the United States, United States National Health Care Act, Medicare, Social Issues, New Orleans mayoral election, Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, Health Medical Pharma, Healthy Americans Act, 111th United States Congress
Tax on Rich, Levies Stir Health Debate
Singapore :: Singapore | 3 days ago
Credibility The Senate health-care bill does without a new surtax on the wealthy that House Democrats' legislation relies on to offset costs of overhauling the system. But Senate Democrats have their own taxes that are stirring controversy and likely to be at the...
Tags: Senate Democrats, payroll tax, Medicare, cosmetic surgeries, Singapore, Lyndon B. Johnson, Welfare state, United States National Health Care Act, Healthcare reform in the United States, Taxation in the United States, Healthcare in the United States, Social Issues, Politics, Labor
The Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care plan
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 4 days ago
Credibility The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans. Vanity was an easy target as lawmakers...
Tags: Senate Democrats, health care, Senate Democratic, Burkina Faso, Lon, Plastic surgery, Abdominoplasty, Surgery, Health Medical Pharma, Labor, Democratic Party, Healthcare reform in the United States, Politics, Social Issues, Taxation, Business Finance, Finance, Public finance, Tax, Allergan, Breast implant
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