RSSTeamsters buck Senate health bill over tax
From: The Washington Times | November 19, 2009
The powerful Teamsters union on Thursday broke with President Obama over Senate Democrat's health care bill that would slap an excise tax on insurance companies for so-called "Cadillac" health plans, the high-priced and benefit-rich coverage that unions have fought hard to win for their members. International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said the Senate bill would levy "a huge middle-class tax hike" for union workers after insurers pass on the added expense. Labor has been a key ally of the Obama administration on health care and other issues, making the defection of the Teamsters a blaring warning signal for ...
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