Wednesday, November 18th
From The Wall Street Journal:
Another day, another tax increase to finance the trillion-dollar health-care overhaul.
The latest schemes are leaking out of the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid is scrambling to find enough money while not offending Big Labor. The Senate Finance bill imposes a 40% tax on expensive private health plans, many of [...]
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Wednesday, November 18th
From The Washington Post:
The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient’s condition, wasting taxpayer money at a rate nearly three times that of the previous year.
Excerpts of a new federal report, obtained by the Associated Press, show a dramatic increase in improper [...]
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Friday, November 13th
From The New York Times:
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, is considering a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax on high-income workers to help offset the costs of providing health insurance to millions of Americans, Senate aides said Thursday.
The proposal is part of a legislative package that Mr. Reid has put together in secrecy [...]
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Tuesday, November 10th
From The Wall Street Journal:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she’s prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that’s what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. The health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a “critical milestone,” may well be the worst piece of post-New Deal [...]
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