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Health Care Surtax on the Chopping Block

Dems waffle on high-income tax; timetable cloudy

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2009 7:54 AM CDT

(Newser) – Democrats are growing queasy about their plan to tax the wealthy to help pay for health care reform, the New York Times reports. Nancy Pelosi yesterday suggested revising the contentious provision so that fewer households would have to pay the surtax. Under the current House... Read full story »

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