Adding Insult to Injury: The Baucus Health Plan Imposes New Taxes on the Sick

by Robert A. Book, Ph.D., Guinevere Nell and Paul L. Winfree
WebMemo #2651

Public support for health care reform is based on a desire to help the sick or, at the very least, to protect the non-wealthy from the financial impact of illness, chronic disease, and accidents. Unfortunately, the reform proposals under active consideration in Congress do precisely the opposite.

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