Between Kermit the Frog’s antics and the christening of a new National Christmas Tree Thursday night, you may have missed …
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Baucus Changing Tax on “Cadillac” Plans
One provision in Chairman Max Baucus’s original Chairman’s Mark is a new tax on so-called “Cadillac” health insurance plans. The original Baucus mark calls for insurers to pay a 35% tax on plans that cost more than $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for families. The logic here is that very expensive plans that require little or no out …