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Labor orgs. wants House to pass Senate bill, with a caveat
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jan 20, 2010 03:24pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The two biggest labor organizations in the country are on board with the House passing the Senate version of healthcare reform, as long as changes are made through a separate process.
Officials from both the AFL-CIO and the SEIU said they want the House to pass the Senate bill in its current form, but only if Democratic leaders agree to carve out changes in the bill that could be passed separately, perhaps through budget reconciliation.
In particular, labor wants an adjustment to the so-called "Cadillac tax" to make sure it doesn't detract from the insurance policies that unions have negotiated for their members.
It would be relatively easy to modify that measure using a 51-vote budget reconciliation measure since the tax directly affects government revenue.
"The House should pass the Senate's health insurance reform bill - with an agreement that it will be fixed, fixed right, and fixed right away through a parallel process," Andy Stern, president of SEIU, wrote today in the Huffington Post.
A spokesperson for the AFL-CIO said that they're on board with that proposal. |
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