…The House bill would impose a 5.4 percent surtax on individuals earning more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million. It also raises money by imposing a 2.5 percent excise tax on medical devices, by ending some tax breaks for multinational companies…and iincludes a 40% excise [...]
The bill would require [...]
The morning after the House passes a health care reform bill 220-215, two Senators appear on "Face The Nation." Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island says "we must" pass health care reform. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina predicts the bill is "dead on arrival in the Senate." He [...]
On Thursday, Physicians for a National Health Program, in an e-mail message to its members, endorsed the view that "no bill is better than a bad bill."
"Even the public option in the House is a sham," the group said on Thursday.
PNHP's John Geyman called on the House to shelve [...]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says this bill is a big victory for working families:
"...It is time to say “yes” to a more secure future for Americans—and that is how the majority in the House of Representatives answered. It is time to say “yes” to lowering health costs, breaking the stranglehold [...]
Congressman Yarmuth will attend the League of Women Voters meeting on Monday (November 9th) night to discuss Health Care Reform and answer questions. Feel free to invite anyone you know who is interested in this issue to this meeting.
The meeting is at 6:00 PM at the League's building, 115 South Ewing, [...]
The Boston Globe, November 7, 2009
A new study puts the number of deaths among Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 associated with lack of health insurance at 44,789 a year.
US government agencies typically use a figure around $7 million to represent the lost economic output from each death. [...]
The American Prospect, October 27, 2009
by Robert KuttnerWhat are our fondest hopes and worst fears for the health legislation now slouching towards the president's desk? On the plus side, it will cover slightly more than half of America's uninsured, qualify more of the near-poor for Medicaid, and it may lead [...]
"Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is planning a second anti-health care reform Tea Party at the Capitol -- this one scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday -- approximately the time when the House is due to vote on Democrats' public option bill, POLITICO's Jake Sherman" [...]
When will Governor Steve Beshear and the rest of Kentucky take tax reform seriously? The entirety of Frankfort - taking its lead from the Governor - is ignoring reality. [H-L]
Profits lead to Humana’s opposition to health care reform. Harry Reid is not happy about it. [Bloomberg]
Bill Johnson says [...]
