The proposed excise tax on “Cadillac” health care plans is raising a lot of controversy. Opponents, like Health Care for America Now (HCAN), believe that it might affect middle class Americans and instead, urge increasing the income tax on families making more than $250,000 per year. They’re touting their plan with ads like this one:
The commercial is paid for by HCAN, which is a section 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization. The organization describes itself as “a national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care we all can count on in 2009.”
You can view a membership list for HCAN here (downloads as a pdf).
