A battle is being waged by small businesses, accountants, and members of Congress to repeal a new tax reporting requirement in the health law. But it could raise $16 billion for the government. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-new-tax, and-members, being-waged, billion-for, congress, del-icio-us, government, health, new-tax, reporting-requirement, small-businesses, the-governmentThe government has launched healthcare.gov — a new one-stop service mandated by the health care law. The idea is to help people find and compare health insurance plans. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-new-one-stop, care-law-, compare-health, del-icio-us, find-and, government-has, health, help-people, insurance-plans-, launched-healthcare-gov, new-one-stop, service-mandatedRising health care costs have been expected for some time now. But since the new health law passed, anything negative that now happens in the health care system will now be pinned, rightly or wrongly, on the Democrats and their new law. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged been-expected, care-system, costs-have, democrats, for-some, health, health-care, law-passed, new-health, new-law-, since-the-new, time-now-As the health care debate continues in Washington, some states are taking steps to limit or block changes. In Arizona, voters are being asked to ratify a legislative move that gives residents the right to opt-out of any health-care system. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged are-taking, arizona, block-changes-, care-debate, del-icio-us, gives-residents, health, limit-or-block, residents-the-right, right, some-states, the-right, voters-areMany people continue to go to work when they’re sick because they don’t get paid if they stay home. A bill that would require employers to offer sick leave has been on hold, stalled by the health care overhaul legislation. But the swine flu epidemic has made the issue more pressing. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged been-on-hold, del-icio-us, flu-epidemic, health, issue, leave-has, made-the-issue, more-pressing-, offer-sick, people-continue, swine, the-issueThe relationship between the Obama administration and health insurers has turned ugly since the industry rejected the health care makeover it once supported. Congressional Democrats now want to strip the industry’s exemption from federal antitrust laws. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged care-makeover, del-icio-us, democrats, health, makeover-it-once, once-supported-, rejected-the-health, since-the-industry, strip-the-industryAmid the health care overhaul debate, one big question has been where to come up with the money to change the system. One idea that has been suggested is a tax on soda. Public health advocates say drinking soda is directly linked to obesity, which is partly responsible for skyrocketing health care costs. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged amid-the-health, care-overhaul, change-the, change-the-system, del-icio-us, directly-linked, for-skyrocketing, has-been, health, money, one-big, partly-responsible, say-drinking, with-theIf you have ever lost a job and the health benefits that went with it, you have probably heard of COBRA, the program that requires employers to extend your health coverage for a price. That price, however, is one that all but a fraction of laid-off workers find much too high. The federal stimulus bill has helped some workers by lowering those payments, but that help may soon run out. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged extend-your, health, health-coverage, helped-some, probably-heard, too-high-, you-haveThe lawsuits are the latest in an effort by the Canadian government to reduce smoking and recover some of the health care costs associated with tobacco use. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged and-recover, associated-with, care-costs, del-icio-us, health, latest, lawsuits-are, the-latest, tobacco-use-In the health care debate, insurance companies have come under criticism from the Obama administration. The insurance companies say they support changes to health care, though they oppose a so-called public option that would establish government-run insurance to compete with them. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged a-so-called-public, care-debate, compete-with, del-icio-us, from-the, from-the-obama, have-come, health, health-care, insurance-companies, obama, so-called-public, support-changes, under-criticism