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Progressive Breakfast: Waiting For CBO ... Again
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Health Care Deal In Hands of CBO Sen. Landrieu says CBO analysis will dictate terms of deal. Politico quotes "There was a lot of agreement to send a package,...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/10/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Health Care Deal In Hands of CBO Sen. Landrieu says CBO analysis will dictate terms of deal. Politico quotes "There was a lot of agreement to send a package,...
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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,...
Breakthrough? Two Research Papers Slam the Excise Tax
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...
Green Manufacturing Revolution - Ideology Holding America Back
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 One way our competitors hold us back is by encouraging this outdated ideology.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...
Excise Tax Will Target Large Corporations - And Further Erode Our Social Safety Net
"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...
How Good Is This Deal?
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...
AFL-CIO Sends Letter Promoting Anti-Tax Campaign
The AFL-CIO has sent out an email blast in support of the campaign to overturn the excise tax on health benefits. The letter is addressed to constituents of Rep. Jerrold Nadler, praising him for his work in opposition to the tax and suggesting they encourage him to...
Size Matters, Particularly When It Comes To Jobs
President Obama is sensibly focused on jobs, unveiling a new initiative Tuesday in the wake of last week's White House jobs summit. Elements included everything from new infrastructure spending to "cash for caulkers," tax breaks for weatherizing homes, as...
Progressive Breakfast: Deal?
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Preliminary Health Care Deal Struck Liberal and right-leaning Dems craft new health care compromise to be scored by CBO before public release. TPMDC's Brian...
