01/15/2010

Health care bill taking shape - Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com

The White House has reached a deal with labor leaders to tax expensive health insurance plans to pay for health reform, but would exempt union plans from the tax through 2017, labor leaders announced Thursday.

The deal averts a standoff on one of the most contentious issues standing in the way of a compromise. Democrats now hope to send key parts of a compromise bill to the Congressional Budget Office for cost estimates by Friday or Saturday.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31506.html#ixzz0cfYhEZZV
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Jan 15, 2010 2:52:56 AM | CONGRESS, Current Affairs, Democrat, economy, GOVERNMENT , Healthcare, OBAMA, OBAMACARE, Politics

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