Posted on 01/14/2010 5:26:24 PM PST by Nachum
The White House has reached a deal with health care negotiators, including labor unions, on taxing the high-level "Cadillac" plans that workers with high-risk jobs often purchase.
The White House has reached a deal with health care negotiators, including labor unions, on taxing the high-level "Cadillac" plans that workers with high-risk jobs often purchase.
The excise tax on high-cost insurance plans has been one of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations, as President Obama has favored the Senate plan, which calls for the tax, while House Democrats have preferred raising taxes on high-income earners.
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The list, ping
Link to Scott Brown debate, dems want to cut Military Tricare health insurance
No COLA raise for Seniors, No COLA raise for retired Military, cuts to Medicare and Tricare, we families who depend on Tricare for our secondary health insurance after our spouses spent 20 or more years serving their country are going to be getting double screwed with the cuts and increases in premiums and fees.
In the Hannity interview the remark went totally over Hannity's head. I don't think any of the talk radio host know what Tricare is!
God what will it take to get these leeches off of our money?
WTF? state workers and unions exempt until 2017??????????????????????????
Red state is reporting that the HOUSE is expending money on Coakley’s campaign...
These bastards in Washington won’t be satisfied til we are all broke. This is what Dems want, for us to be bankrupt so that we have to rely on Government aid.
My premiums are going up each year, can I also expect to be taxed on it too?
Yep, No Tax on Union workers....
need to spread the word about this...
earthquake has distracted the news
While I think that this’ll create a shooting war, lets start from an earlier point.
You know the 40% health insurance tax? All of the those receiving it in the government should be required to pay it NOW!
BUT.....Congress gets it’s perks...no cuts for them.
This is the most rotten government I’ve ever seen in the US. They think they’re royalty and that we owe them for deigning to rule over us in any way they please.
Well I will no longer buy anything union made period..
If this really happens, unions are dead meat!
As a member of a closed union(FORCED TO PAY) shop municipal water agency...I will donate any so called difference in taxes to local and national conservative causes and will demand my co-workers to do the same!
I hate LIBERALS!
In case you haven’t noticed...
Nothing is union made anymore!
Won’t this exemption make the bill open to more lawsuits?
I guess we can buy a few books about the Amish and fill out some paperwork-— should do the trick.
That means I will not buy Ford.. Thought about it, but this deal seals it..
or form an new Amish sect.. If you know what I mean..
When do they start handing out yellow stars to small business owners?
150 gr FMJ
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