Congressional Health Benefits Could Soon Change
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 1st, 2009 4:33 am by HL
Congressional Health Benefits Could Soon Change
Senators debating health-care reform legislation have unanimously approved a proposal requiring members of Congress and their staffs to obtain health insurance through new state-based purchasing exchanges set up by the health-care reform bill under consideration.
Senate Finance Panel Has Votes To Pass Health Bill, Baucus Says
Democrats on a key Senate panel backed off a plan to impose billions of dollars in new taxes on senior citizens with catastrophic medical expenses Wednesday and defeated Republican amendments on abortion, immigration and other divisive issues, aiming to bring a comprehensive health-care overhaul…
‘Cadillac’ Health Plans May Be Target of Tax, but Few Agree on a Definition
NEW YORK — In the scramble to find money to overhaul the health-care system, Senate Democrats have been eyeing the most generous insurance packages — what some call the “Cadillac” plans — as a lucrative target to tax.