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• Bipartisan Letter Urges Preservation of Employer-Based Health InsuranceOctober 5, 2011, 4:43 pm

  Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Cole (R-OK) are currently circulating a bipartisan sign-on letter that will be sent to the members of the Supercommittee opposing the capping or eliminating the federal income tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance benefits. The letter, addressed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, states, “We write today [...]

• In health insurance, what counts as ‘essential’?October 5, 2011, 3:03 pm

  This Friday, the Institute of Medicine will take a first stab at answering one of health reform’s most important unknowns: What counts as an “essential health benefit”? It’s a key question that just about everyone with a stake in health reform is waiting for an answer on. (Jakub Mosur – Associated Press)Under the health reform [...]