by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
The beat goes on: David Leonhardt, the Times economics blogger and tax supporter, had this exchange regarding the Senate's health excise tax on NPR's "Marketplace" program: Leonhardt: (It's) a tax on the costliest health-insurance plan. It's an idea health economists...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
Blogger and video producer Lee Stranahan has produced a video that includes footage of Barack Obama denouncing the so-called 'Cadillac tax' during last year's Presidential campaign. Stranahan, who is an uninsured husband and father, accompanies his video with a...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2010 | Blog
Amid indications from President Obama that he wants the House to adopt the Senate's health tax, we learn that he will meet with labor to discuss their concerns about the tax's effect on middle-class American workers. Sam Stein reports in The Huffington Post that the...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 5, 2010 | Blog
Respected health writer Maggie Mahar ("Money-Driven Medicine") got curious and decided to fact-check the excise tax. Wisely, she follows the money - which in the world of health care follows the chronically ill. Her findings? ... 75 percent of our health care dollars...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 5, 2010 | Blog
In a new piece at The Huffington Post, your humble correspondent begins the New Year in a time-honored fashion: with an act of confession for past sins. The piece is entitled "I'm the Guy Who Cut Your Health Benefits. Trust Me." It deals with the health excise tax at...
