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Florida Health Insurance Pl?n ? Proposal Raises Taxes ?n Wealthy

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) June 30, 2007

In h?? attempt t? expand th? health insurance debate, Bush added a n?w wrinkle t? h?? health care ?l?n unveiled earlier th?? year. In th?t proposal, Bush called f?r m?k?ng health insurance more affordable f?r many families through changes ?n th? tax code. Meanwhile, ??m? families w?th more expensive health insurance policies w??ld see th??r taxes rise.

Bush?s n?w insurance proposal w??ld treat health insurance benefits ?? taxable income. Bush ???d, h? w??ld b? ?willing t? discuss whether taxpayers ?h??ld g?t a standard deduction? t? compensate th?m, ?? h? originally suggested, ?r a tax credit.

Florida health insurance consultant Morgan Moran, ?f http://www.FloridaHealthInsuranceWeb.com speaking ?t a health insurance conference ?n Orlando ???d, ?Bush?s option w??ld b? more helpful t? many low-income families? b?????? th?? w??ld g?t th? credit even ?f th?? owe l?ttl? ?r n? income tax. H?w???r, Democrats d???r?b?d th? president?s proposal ?? a distraction, n?t a compromise.

According t? a ?t?r? ?n Forbes Magazine, ?President Bush?s proposal w?? dead ?n arrival five months ago. Nothing h?? changed,? ???d Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., ?nd chairman ?f th? Ways ?nd Means Health Subcommittee. ?Bush ?? trying t? ??? h?? proposal t? sideline a Democratic effort t? provide health coverage t? millions more children.?

Democrats h??? proposed adding $ 50 billion ?n n?w spending t? SCHIP over five years. Th? president m?d? ?t clear th?t h? opposes such ?n expansion. H?? budget recommended adding $ 4.9 billion. H? ?nd h?? advisers called th? coming fight over h?w much t? expand th? program a decisive moment ?n health care ? a moment th?t ???ld lead t? more government-sponsored coverage ?r more coverage through th? private sector.

?It?s clear t? ?? th?t th? conversation needs t? b? n?t ???t ?b??t h?w w? insure children w?th low incomes, b?t h?w w? assure th?t ???r? American h?? access t? a basic, affordable ?l?n,? ???d Health ?nd Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. Oth?r insurance experts, l?k? Moran ???d, anyone ??n see th?t ?ll Americans need ??m? sort ?f basic health insurance coverage, n?t ???t children.? Bush ???d th?t ?? many ?? ?20 million people w??ld b? ?bl? t? afford basic insurance? through h?? proposal, wh??h w??ld provide a tax credit ?f $ 5,000 per family. Bush ???d. ?I?m going t? continue t? push f?r n?w ?nd innovative ways t? h?l? ???r? American afford basic private health insurance.?

?If th? president ?? serious ?b??t addressing th?? enormous national need,? ???d Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V.,? th?n h? w?ll set aside partisan games ?nd work w?th Congress t? quickly pass th? n?w health insurance bill.

Ab??t Florida Health Insurance Web

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