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Obviously, the excise tax deal by which collectively bargaining health benefits get a special two-year exemption from the tax is a bit of a grubby interest-group compromise. Igor Volsky offers a case on the merits, but I think it’s …
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January 15 2010
Matthew Yglesias » Health Care Paranoia
Tags: a-special-two-year, benefits-get, excise, exemption-from, special-two-year, tax-deal, the-excise, the-merits, which-collectivelyJanuary 14 2010
Tentative Deal on the Cadillac Health Insurance Plans Reached …
Tags: -care-bill, a-second-day, abc, democratic, discussions, excise, marathon-work, second-day, source-familiar, tentative-deal, the-excise, white, with-the, with-the-discussionsAs Democratic leaders head into a second day of marathon work at the White House on a final health care bill, a source familiar with the discussions tells ABC News that a tentative deal has been reached on the excise tax on so-called.
January 9 2010
The health insurance excise tax – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com
Bottom line: the details of the excise tax should be fixed, but it’s on balance a good idea.
January 9 2010
Shea-Porter goes rogue on health reform : Now! Hampshire
Tags: a-back-down, back-down, carol-shea-, down-on-the, excise, president-barack, reform-bills, the-excise, the-final, vote-forHarry Reid and President Barack Obama back down on the excise tax in the health reform bills being merged in a secret conference committee, Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter will not vote for the final bill. …
