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Monthly Archives: June 2009
A Public Plan According to Sen. Snowe and HELP
In an interview with the Associated Press, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) outlined her support for a public plan with a trigger option as a possible compromise to the stalemate over inclusion of a public plan in comprehensive health care … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, HELP, public plan, small business, Snowe
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The Debate over Beverage Taxes
In the debate to pay for comprehensive health care legislation, one idea that would only partially pay for reform is the idea to tax beverages. Specifically, some members of Congress have proposed leveraging an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, ABA, APHA, Baucus, beverage tax, DISCUS, Grassley, healthcare, MADD
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Finance Committee Fixes Health Care Bill Costs
Late yesterday Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) had rescored his committee’s health care legislation and the new cost for the bill over ten years was a number that could be offset: … Continue reading
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Tagged Baucus, charitable deduction, climate change, economy, finance, healthcare
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HELP Committee Employer Mandate Details
The “employer mandate” issue is one of the most controversial aspects of comprehensive health care reform, and yesterday the Senate Health Education Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee released two proposals that it sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for … Continue reading
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Tagged Baucus, CBO, Commerce Committee, employer mandate, healthcare, HELP, service
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President Begins Major Health Care Push
As the certainty of a comprehensive health care bill is being questioned by Congress and the media (subscription), the Obama Administration has become increasingly active in pushing Congress to pass legislation this year. Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen … Continue reading
Interview with Steve Anderson, CAE
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Gx7bVez7rY" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Recently, National Association of Chain Drug Stores President & CEO Steven Anderson IOM, CAE stopped by the ASAE offices to discuss the health care debate, including the major issues and his thoughts on … Continue reading
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Finance Outline and Impact on Small Business
Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee leaked its outline for its health care legislation, partly in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of previous draft language. The document (seen here) is not legislative language, but the concepts do have some … Continue reading
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Tagged cooperatives, economy, healthcare, pooling, SHOP, tourism, travel
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The Price Tag on Senate Health Care Reform and How to Pay for It
Over the past 24 hours, a series of events has moved the question of how to pay for health care reform to the forefront of the debate. The following timeline shows how this issue has become the biggest roadblock to … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Recovery, Health Care
Tagged health care costs, health care reform, healthcare, HELP
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President Engages Association on Health Care
President Obama yesterday addressed the annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) and waded into some of the controversies surrounding health care reform. Last week, the AMA issued a statement expressing discomfort with the idea of a public insurance … Continue reading
Charitable Giving Drops 2% in 2008
The Associated Press reported earlier this week that American charitable giving dropped 2% last year, according to the Giving USA Foundation. This was only the second time in the history of the Foundation’s survey that overall charitable giving had decreased; … Continue reading
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Tagged charitable giving, charities, Economic Recovery, economy, healthcare
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