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Obama Modifies "Cadillac" Health Insurance Tax

February 22, 2010 - by Eric Naing

The health care debate isn't just between Democrats and Republicans. Liberals too have been fighting one another – particularly on the issue of the excise tax on so-called “Cadillac” health insurance policies - and now the president has entered the fray.

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Dems, Unions Agree to Scale Back the "Cadillac Tax"

January 14, 2010 - by Donny Shaw

The White House, congressional Dems and labor leaders appear to have struck a deal to raise the threshold for which high-cost health care plans will be taxed to pay for health care reform. Unions were aiming to exempt "collectively bargained" plans from the tax altogether.

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