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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (243230)	1/28/2014 8:56:42 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541735

Written by the insurance companies, corporate hospital chains and drug companies no doubt. Not a snowball's chance. I doubt it will even get serious discussion.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (243230)	2/3/2014 9:10:24 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541735

Two other key items the R's included in that proposal: "The biggest, most significant difference between Obamacare and the replacement plan is about financing -- how you pay for all those insurance subsidies. The replacement plan repeals a whole slew of industry taxes that had the insurance companies, hospitals and medical device makers all helping to foot the bill. Those are gone. In their place is a limit on the the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance. Right now, the federal government does not tax health insurance when it is provided to an employee by an employer. The Republican plan would limit the tax exclusion to 65 percent of the average health insurance plan. Any amount of a premium beyond that amount would need to be paid with post-tax dollars. There's no estimate on how many people this would effect and how much more they would pay for premiums, but Republican Senate aides do say it's true that people who receive more robust policies from their employers would pay more for premiums." I would not be surprised if they really want to repeal the new tax on higher earners also, paid for by taxing employees that receive health insurance coverage through their employers... That, along with the return of the pre-existing condition problem will probably anger even their own base....