As health insurance reform moves through Congress, the Senate is proposing to pay for it, in part, by taxing insurance companies that offer comprehensive health plans. This tax would ultimately be passed on to workers. The bill just approved by the House does not include this tax.
(WASHINGTON) —Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa issued the following statement today about the Senate plan to impose an excise tax on insurers for higher-cost health plans that will mean a huge middle-class tax hike to workers:
Many analysts say the House bill is not as bad for business as many in the health care industry might have feared when the overhaul effort began.
President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul faces an uncertain battle in the Senate after a narrow weekend victory in the House revealed the continuing divide among Democrats.
