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House Democrats Look at Taxing Rich for Health Care Posted on 7/9/2009
House Democrats working on health legislation are narrowing in on an income tax surcharge on the highest-paid wage earners to help pay the cost of subsidizing insurance for the 50 million who lack it.
Committee Votes Coming House Democrats are pushing to complete a comprehensive health care bill by Friday.
They plan to bring it up for committee votes next week.
House Democrats abandoned earlier money-raising proposals, including a payroll tax.
Closed Door Meeting They planned to meet behind closed doors Thursday to fine-tune the details.
Ways and Means Committee Proposal As discussed in the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, the surtax would apply to individuals with adjusted gross income of more than $200,000 and couples over $250,000.
In addition, key lawmakers are expected to call for a tax or fee equal to a percentage of a worker's salary on employers who do not offer health benefits.
$600 Billion Needed in New Taxes Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel, D-NY, has said his committee needs to come up with $600 billion in new taxes to deliver on President Barack Obama's goal of sweeping changes to the nation's health care system to bring down costs and cover the 50 million uninsured.
Top administration officials, including White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, conferred with Rangel's committee Democrats on Wednesday as they met throughout the day.
Rep. Rangel Comments Rep. Rangel said of the tax proposals, "They know what I'm thinking about and I have no reason to believe I'll have any problems with them on that part of the bill."
Rep. Berkley Comments Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-NV, a member of the panel, said the proposed surtax on high-income taxpayers appealed to her and others as a way to avoid a "nickel-and-dime" approach involving numerous smaller tax increases.
