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Tax Increases Eyed to Pay for Health Insurance
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“After weeks of discussing ways to provide health care to the uninsured, Congress is beginning the difficult task of finding a way to pay for it. Lawmakers are considering a broad range of ideas — including a federal tax on sugary sodas — but a key Senate committee focused Tuesday on a proposal to tax health insurance that millions of workers get through their employers.” (USA Today [1], Wednesday)
The old rob-Peter-to pay-Paul trick. We haven’t see that one since last Thursday.
FEE Timely Classic
“The Myth of Health Insurance” [2] by Thomas Szasz
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[1] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-05-12-senate-health-costs_N.htm
[2] “The Myth of Health Insurance”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-therapeutic-state-the-myth-of-health-insurance/
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