No Middle-Class Health Tax

Blogger Richard "RJ" Eskow joins us to explore why taxing the health benefits of middle-class Americans is the wrong way to reform health care.

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No Middle-Class Health Tax [1]

Taxing the health benefits of middle-class Americans is the wrong way to reform health care. Blogger Rickard Eskow writes: "The so-called (and misnamed) 'Cadillac tax' on high-cost health plans is unfair and unwise. It's a political landmine for its supporters, and a political goldmine for the opponents of health reform. It must be stopped." Find out how and track our progress » [1]

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Federal Employee Impact: About 2.8 million Americans would see their insurance premiums increase by up to $2,000 a year if Congress adopts the excise tax.

Fact Sheet: Federal Workers’ Most Popular Health Plan Will Be Hit Hard by Senate Excise Tax [2]
Report: Impact of the Insurer Fee and the Excise Tax on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program [3]

Poll: Anzalone Poll Finds Voters Strongly Oppose Taxing High-Cost Insurance Plans [4]

Anzalone Poll Questions [5]
Poll Powerpoint [6]

Report: Segal Company on Senate Excise Tax [7]

Report: Watson Wyatt on Taxing Health Plans [8]

Report: EPI on Taxing Health Benefits & House Surtax [9]

Report: CTJ — Is an Excise Tax Progressive? [10]

The AFL-CIO, strongly against the excise tax, reports on the rally with Sen. Sanders [11]. They are running both a TV ad [12] and a print ad [13], and a fact sheet [14] on the topic.

Policymakers in Washington are nearing a consensus that an excise tax on high-cost health plans is a good idea. Blogger Richard "RJ" Eskow joins us to explore why taxing the health benefits of middle-class Americans is the wrong way to reform health care. Check this page regularly for new posts, and watch the right column for new reports, studies andadditional resources.

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[1] http://ourfuture.org/features/2009125007/no-middle-class-health-tax
[2] http://www.ourfuture.org/fact-sheets-briefs/2009125009/federal-workers-most-popular-health-plan-will-be-hit-hard-senate-excis
[3] http://www.ourfuture.org/report/2009125009/impact-insurer-fee-and-excise-tax-federal-employees-health-benefits-program
[4] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/National_CWA_SUMMARY_121009.pdf
[5] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/National_CWA_Questions_Senate_Healthcare_All_States_Baseline-1.pdf
[6] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/NATIONAL_CWA_All_States_121009.ppt
[7] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/Segal_Excise_Tax_Study.PPT
[8] http://www.ourfuture.org/files/Taxing-Cadillac-Health-Plans-WatsonWyatt-120909.pdf
[9] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/EPI_on_Excise_Tax_and_Surtax_IssueBrief267.pdf
[10] http://ourfuture.org/files/documents/CTJ_Health_Insurance_Excise_Tax_Report_Dec_2009-2.pdf
[11] http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/12/10/a-tax-on-health-care-benefits-the-wrong-policy/
[12] http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/12/07/fix-health-care-rightdont-tax-benefits/
[13] http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/upload/RollCall_AD_3.pdf
[14] http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/upload/billcomparison_factsheet.pdf