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Old Coot (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:38 PM Original message |
Tax on Benefits, Soda Among Options in Health-Care Bill Debate |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. the only people i see getting 'cadillac' healthcare are the congress |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. what health benefits does the congress get? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Better then Federal workers and Military retirees |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. is Congress insured by the same Federal Employees Health Benefits that federal employees get? |
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Old Coot (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Until this year I had fairly good health insurance..... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. My husband is dying of colon cancer becauase of not getting colonoscopy when he should've. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. fuck them. i guess i get cadillac |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah. Fuck 'em. I got mine. . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. i was awaiting such a reply... |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I see your point... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. i'm looking at it like this |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. how much would one year of COBRA cost you if you were laid off? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. oh hell ya. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. it is narrow you knucklehead |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. since you have devolved into |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. the "knucklehead" part was to get your attention |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. kind of like |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. oh yes, it was JUST like that! |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. So, it's relatively common among those who get benefits paid by the taxpayer. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. The committee will meet behind closed doors .......... |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That was so pre-November 3rd |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. change you can believe in.... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. John McCain advocated taxing the portion of one's |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Write Baucus and tell him to return the 1.8 million the health care industrial complex pays him to |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Income or capital gains tax increase. On the top-most earners. (nt) |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Baucus insits that reform has to be bi-partisan. But he didn't have those concerns when he |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. I can understand sin taxes but benefits are not a sin |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. great! so now we'll get double dipped screwed on health insurance |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So you'll get taxed just like gay couples do |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Welcome to the current system for GLBT Americans n/t |
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Betty88 (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. been paying it for years for my partner nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Will this cause people to withdraw from employer provided health care plans? |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. No, because in Baucus' world, there is no public insurance option |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Taxing benefits raises the cost of healthcare. This is absurd. |
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RufusH (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. They appear to want to model it after Domestic Partner benefits that are already taxed. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Welcome to DU! Your observation is definitely something I missed. |
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Old Coot (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. My employer provided health plan covers domestic partners the same as spouses. |
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RufusH (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's impossible. It would be an IRS violation for them not to tax it. |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Obscene, truly. It feels like there is no political system anymore, just our overlords |
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