Inside the 1099 Reporting Requirement, the First Piece of the Health Care Law...
Around 11am et, the Senate will begin a complicated series of votes on the small business bill. First an amendment from Mike Johanns (R-NE), then from Bill Nelson (D-FL), then a substitute amendment on...
View ArticleDems Tout New Health Care Provisions; GOP Unsure of How to Repeal, Replace,...
This week will mark the six-month anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, and while you need not go to the local gift shop for a Hallmark card, the date will trigger a series of pieces...
View ArticleHarkin, Reed Want to Take Medicare Off the Table in Debt Limit Negotiations
In addition to promising not to cave on tax cuts for the rich, President Obama in his meeting with House Democrats also promised not to cave on Medicare, amid urging from the caucus. Kathy Hochul...
View ArticleA Look at the Underbelly of the President’s Deficit Plan
Because the April Obama deficit reduction plan played out over a 12-year time horizon, and the deficit reduction plan released yesterday has a more traditional 10-year horizon, some of the presumed...
View ArticleLatest Details on Payroll Tax/UI Bill Includes Cuts to Health Care Prevention...
The details on this emerging deal on various expiring measures are getting worse by the minute. Here’s what we know: The $150 billion bill, extending the payroll tax cut, some extended unemployment...
View ArticleStudent Loan Fight Moves to Senate
While I was vacationing, a long-simmering deadline to avoid a doubling in federal student loan interest rates became a cause célébre among the Democrats and the White House. They actually got...
View ArticleFree Preventive Health Services for Women Begin Under ACA
Today, a series of new health insurance regulations under the Affordable Care Act go into effect, in particular the free (i.e., no co-pay) preventive services for women’s health. And both the Obama...
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