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Details Matter: A Closer Look at Senator Kerry's Health Care Plan

Senator John Kerry's health care plan would expand coverage butwould fall short in transforming health insurance markets andmaking patients the key decision makers in the system. In effect,it would reinforce the status quo, with (according to one estimate)nine of every 10 dollars spent going to employers, insurancecompanies, and state governments, not to individuals. ....

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How Reforms to the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Benefit the Middle Class

Health reform proposals recently introduced in Congress such asthe Patients' Choice Act of 2009 seek to replace the currentincome tax exclusion with a fairer, flatter form of tax relief forall Americans regardless of job status. ....

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An Examination of the Bush Health Care Agenda

President Bush's health care agenda would increase public andprivate coverage for millions of Americans. The outlined healthpolicy agenda introduces key changes in the conventional financingand delivery of health care. Chief among the proposals are healthcare tax credits for lower-income individuals and families and newmarket-based insurance reforms to enable Americans to purchaseprivate health coverage. ....

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