By Martin Feldstein For the 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, the Obama health plan is bad news. It means higher taxes, …
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Archive for July 27th, 2009
AIG Unit Keeps $2.4 Billion From Asset Sales as Taxpayers Wait
Monday, July 27th, 2009The company plans to hand over stakes in two non-US life insurance units in exchange for a $25 billion reduction of its Fed debt. …
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The Health Care Blog: A Health Insurance Premium Tax Would be a …
Monday, July 27th, 2009So, being rejected by all the interests that effectively countered every other idea for a tax increase, advocates now look to be excited about taxing insurance companies. The most talked about tax would be a tax on insurers who issue …
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Shop Talk » Blog Archive » Starbucks workers will pay more for …
Monday, July 27th, 2009Starbucks workers will pay more for health insurance. Jul 27. Check Out Line: Several companies ring up strong profits. Jul 24. Would this label sway your buying decision? Comments (1). Jul 24. The legal way to buy stolen goods …
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House Takes Note as Senators Progress on Health Bill
Monday, July 27th, 2009Members of the group said they had discussed a proposal to impose a new excise tax on health insurance companies that sell policies worth much more than the …
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Dr. Nancy ‘Jealous’ Of Health Insurance Coverage In . . . Rwanda …
Monday, July 27th, 2009If you take the left’s exaggerated figure of 47M and subtract the illegals and those who qualify for existing government plans but don’t bother to sign up then 90% of US citizens already have health insurance. …
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Affordable health insurance need urgent says poll, Affordable …
Monday, July 27th, 2009Affordable Health Insurance Leaders in health care policy and product design say the need for health care reform that will provide affordable health insurance and quality health care is urgent. According to the latest Commonwealth …
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Lucky Enough to Have Health Insurance? Odds Are Good That You Don …
Monday, July 27th, 2009Every time someone (okay, my oldest childhood friend who, despite years of my positive influence, only watches Fox News with her libertarian hubby) tells me how her insurance is fine and she doesn’t want Obama’s “socialist” healthcare …
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What Happened to the Moral Case for Health-Care Reform?
Monday, July 27th, 2009Elsewhere, Reid quotes Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt saying that “the opponents of universal health insurance cloak their sentiments in actuarial …
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Does Health Insurance Make You Fat? - Real Time Economics - WSJ
Monday, July 27th, 2009A recent economics paper argues health insurance makes you fat.
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