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Self-Employed Folks Get a (Tax) Break

25 September 2010

As the debate over health care and health care costs continued to draw attention, it appeared as if the smallest of businesses, those who are self-employed, were being ignored. Most of the health care related tax breaks and credits have been focused on businesses with employees but those who are self-employed or primarily family owned [...]

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Ooh… I Get It… We Still Have to Pay For This Thing

13 November 2009

As part of the continuing discussions about health care reform, the spectre of how to pay for it has risen again. Yeah, cause that’s how it apparently works in Congress. Much like college students, the plan is to figure out how to pay for all the binge-spending “later.” So, with that in mind, consider this: [...]

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Health Care Bill Passes Committee

13 October 2009

Are we one step closer to health care reform? The Senate Finance Committee sure gave that impression by putting forth a $829 billion health care bill today. The bill passed in committee by a vote of 14-9 with Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) representing the lone committee member to not vote along party lines. What does [...]

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Obama Opposes Taxing Health Care Benefits

13 July 2009

Don’t call it the Obama health care tax. On Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius clarified on CNN’s State of the Union that the proposal being considered in Congress to tax employer provided health care benefits was not endorsed by her boss. Obama had opposed such a tax during his candidacy; his opponent, [...]

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