Prez Won't Fight Tax on Health Benefits

Plan echoes McCain proposal slammed by campaigning Obama

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2009 7:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – Despite attacking John McCain for the idea on the campaign trail, President Obama will not oppose taxing some worker health benefits to fund health care reform, reports the New York Times reports. On the stump, Obama called a similar plan “the largest middle-class tax... Read full story »

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