Posted by
Defend America on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:10:25 PM
Max Baucus on how to pay for health care
By
CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN &
DAVID ROGERS |
7/9/09 7:19 PM EDT
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) presented his
members Thursday with more than a dozen ways to pay for health care
legislation, ranging from new fees on industry to an income-tax hike on
couples making more than $1 million a year.
Faced with a $320 billion hole in his reform plan, Baucus
revisited options that were considered in the past, but never emerged
as top-tier options because he believed taxing employer-provided health benefits was the best way to provide that revenue.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24752.html
Rangel said this:
House to target wealthy to pay for healthcare
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By Jeffrey Young
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Posted: 07/10/09 04:26 PM [ET] |
The House will propose raising taxes on people earning more than
$350,000 a year to pay $540 billion for healthcare reform, Ways and
Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) said Friday.
House
Democrats had been weighing a plethora of other tax increases, such as
levies on sugary soft drinks and alcohol, that raised hackles within
their caucus. |
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-eyes-540-billion-high-income-tax-for-healthcare-2009-07-10.html