Cadillac tax worries workers with generous health plans
The piece follows Kinzi Blair a California kindergarten teacher with a $11 000 yearly employer paid premium a $0 deductible and $10 copays as health reform debates center on a 40 percent tax on high cost plans the Cadillac tax The Senate would tax premiums above thresholds and raise payroll taxes while the House plan leans toward broader taxes Experts say the tax aims to curb excessive benefits and fund reform but could hit middle class workers and small businesses while offering little clarity on who pays and how plans change over time
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Kinzi Blair
Blair
San Jose
Calif
Associated Press
House
Senate
Congress
Barack Obama
Democrats
John Desser
John McCain
eHealth Inc
Desser
U.S
Goodman
Obama
Joe Courtney
Dconn
Courtney
Northeast
Paul Fronstin
Nonpartisan
Employee Benefit Research Institute
Fronstin
Preemie devices aid the gravest flu patients in ICU care
ECMO machines once built for premature babies are being used to rescue the sickest swine flu patients by temporarily bypassing and resting lung function. Doctors in several hospitals, including Omaha's Children's Hospital, credit ECMO with saving teens and young adults after rapid lung failure. The technique, costly and risky, remains limited to about 120 U.S. hospitals and carries infection and bleeding risks while buying time for recovery.
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Washington
EGMO
Susie Damm
Omaha
Neb
Ryan
ECMO
Jeff DeMare
Ryan Damm
Tania Romero-Oropeza
Tania
DeMare
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
Federal
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Pauline Park
University of Michigan Icu
U.S
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