Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Unions Strike Deal With White House on Health Care Excise Tax

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House and Senate negotiators have agreed on significant changes to the tax on high-dollar insurance plans in the health care bill, Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, announced Thursday.

The tax had become a critical area of disagreement between the House and Senate, with unions objecting to the tax on grounds it would unfairly burden middle class workers.

The modifications are a major victory for one of Obama's biggest donor groups...

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