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WASHINGTON Even as Congress weighed options to finance health insurance for tens of millions of Americans, lobbyists mobilized Wednesday to head off proposed taxes on employer-provided health benefits, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Labor …
Blue Cross ready to fight health plan – Raleigh News
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The states biggest health insurer is quietly working to oppose President Barack Obamas push for universal health coverage, even as national organizations publicly vow to support the plan. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is preparing …
Lawmakers weigh beer tax for health care – MSNBC
WASHINGTON – Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all. Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed …
