Tax on Workers Health Insurance Plans a Bad Idea
1,091 views · Published 10 December 2009 · 3:39 · Indexed 17 October 2026
Channel: Senator Bernie Sanders · 2009 · News & Politics
Hosting a press conference with labor leaders and organized workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders called for the elimination of a provision in the Senate health reform proposal which would tax some health insurance plans. Imposing an excise tax on health insurance plans would be a disaster for millions of middle class Americans, Sanders said. Sanders introduced an amendment to strike the provision from the Senate-introduced Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The so-called Cadillac health insurance plans in fact can have premiums around $8,500 for an individual plan and $23,000 for a family plan.
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