Health Health Insurance For Those Not Covered by Medicare/VA Repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will include rollback of prohibition against pre-existing conditions Continue corporate tax deduction for employer-sponsored health insurance plans Refundable tax credits of $2,300 (single) $5,700 (family) to pay for health coverage. The credit may be applied against the costs [...]
Ditto John Cole: Last week’s budget nonsense was not grounds for being disheartened. It was, however, grounds for getting pissed off, that is, unless you really, really love hostage-taking and wedge issues used as a political tactic. If you do, then just stand down and hang tight, because there’s plenty more where that came from. [...]
Amid the roar of pundits, politicians and people, a quieter and more significant theme emerges: Whether or not there is a public option, the Senate and House reform bills DO represent real, badly needed health insurance AND care reform. Now that the big “debate the bill” vote is passed, we have a week for pundits [...]