Monday, January 11, 2010

Funding Health Care Reform by Taxing "Cadillac" Health Plans

Tonight on the PBS News Hour, Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute commented that (1) in the sort-run, an excise tax on generous health benefit plans will generate revenue but (2) in the long-run, employers will stop offering these plans to employees to avoid the tax. If this happens, where does the federal government go next to fund health care reform?

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