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CBO Analyzes Estate Tax Alternatives
By Allison BellRepealing the federal estate tax would increase the federal budget deficit by about $502 billion over the 10-year period starting in 2010, a Congressional Budget Office analyst predicts.
December 21, 2009
Medicare Buy-In Looks Like A GonerSenate Democrats appear on the verge of dropping a scaled-backed public plan that would make people 55 to 64 without healthcare coverage eligible for Medicare.
December 21, 2009
Congress Extends COBRA Subsidy Program (Updated)President Obama has signed H.R. 3326, a defense appropriations bill with a provision that will let involuntarily terminated workers seek the temporary 65% federal health benefits continuation subsidy up until Feb. 28, 2010.
December 21, 2009
CIAB Sees Health Bill Improving; AHIP, Not So MuchThe Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers has become a little warmer toward H.R. 3590, the Senate health bill, but America's Health Insurance Plans is still unimpressed.
December 21, 2009
Senate Votes To Clear Health Bill Procedural HurdleMembers of the Senate voted 60-40 at 1:18 a.m. today to protect a proposed revision of H.R. 3590, the Senate health bill, from a filibuster.
December 21, 2009
Three steps to impact a prospectCommunicating effectively with prospects is often dependent on your ability to make an impact in a short amount of time and space.
December 21, 2009
Health Reform, Financial Services Regulation Dominated The D.C. AgendaDespite an entire year of debate, it remained unclear as 2009 ended what the shape and substance of a future healthcare delivery system would be and how deeply the federal government will intervene in the regulation of the insurance industry.
December 21, 2009
Senate Health Bill Amendment Hard On Doctors, Tanning CentersDrafters of a proposed Senate health bill manager's amendment say Medicare should cut physicians' reimbursement rates 21% in 2010, rather than increasing the reimbursement rates 0.5%.