MedPAC: Obama's rudder for the healthcare battleship
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In an interview focused on healthcare, Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt asked Obama why he's set against capping businesses' tax exemption for money spent on health benefits. It's widely assumed that this would be an effective tool for reducing healthcare inflation, since businesses would have an incentive to keep their healthcare spending per employee below the cap. It's also generally assumed that Obama is resisting this measure because it was a central plank in McCain's healthcare "plan" (such as it was), which Obama campaigned against.
MedPAC: Obama's rudder for the healthcare battleship
MedPAC: Obama's rudder for the healthcare…
MedPAC: Obama's rudder for the healthcare battleship
In an interview focused on healthcare, Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt asked Obama why he's set against capping businesses' tax exemption for money spent on health benefits. It's widely assumed that this would be an effective tool for reducing healthcare inflation, since businesses would have an incentive to keep their healthcare spending per employee below the cap. It's also generally assumed that Obama is resisting this measure because it was a central plank in McCain's healthcare "plan" (such as it was), which Obama campaigned against.