Shopfloor » Among the Many Things Wrong with the Senate Health Care Bill

After Saturday’s procedural vote in the Senate, health care legislation will finally move forward to a full floor debate and transparent amendment process.  With that in mind, it is important to analyze some of the most troubling aspects of the Senate health care legislation, particularly the increase in the payroll tax that many are calling the “Medicare AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax).”  Putting aside for a moment the other problems with increasing the payroll tax, the current proposal is not indexed for inflation.  This means it will hit an increasing number of middle class families each year, just like the Alternative Minimum Tax does today.

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How many things need to be wrong with it before Congress turns to smart, incremental health care reform?