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This is a summary of an article by Ezekial J. Emanuel, M.D. titled as of above. You can find a summary of the article HERE. The author makes the following points: It is a misperception that employers and the government pay for health care. Employees are given health care in lieu of increases in gross and net wages. This is clear from economic data over the last 30 years where adjusted for inflation health care costs have gone up 300%, corporate profits have gone up 150% and employee wages have gone up 4%. Essentially, employees have received more health care...

"Everything is on the table," said Governor Schwarzenegger yesterday, when asked whether he would support a statewide sales tax, in this case, as part of a massive government intervention into health care in California. The Governor said that he could support placing a tax hike on the ballot on which Californians can vote. Presumably the Republican Governor, after negotiating such a "deal" for California taxpayers, would then advocate its passage as well. Shame on Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don't know how to sugar coat this, so I will just say it like it is -- he lied. He lied to me,...