by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
We're summarized some of our content on DailyKos. Stop on by if you have any comments to add. As we told the Kossacks: A lot of folks in Washington like to pretend there are mythical union people out there somewhere savoring the fruits of their lavish health plans,...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
Two new papers published today in Health Affairs could help turn opinion against the excise tax, especially from an academic perspective. Using a combination of analysis and interpretation, six researchers reached essentially the same conclusion: The excise tax would...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
American competitiveness is severely hobbled by our "free market" and anti-government attitudes. One way our competitors hold us back is by encouraging this outdated ideology. Result: other countries have national economic/industrial strategies and we don't. So we...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
"We're finding that about half of the large employers we work with will be at or above the (excise tax threshold) limits." Senior Health Benefits Consultant We promised yesterday to write a series of posts about the "amazing facts" contained in a recent Kaiser Health...
by Bill Scher | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog
LIberal and right-leaning Democrats reportedly have reached a compromise that replaces Senator Harry Reid's version of a national public health insurance option, which states could decide not to offer, for giving workers between the ages of 55-65 the option of buying...
