The Washington Post has spotted a disturbing loophole in the health care reform provisions passed by the Senate Finance and Health committee. Under current regulation, incentives based on health factors (smoking, weight, cholesterol levels, etc…) can be no larger than 20 percent of the premium paid by employer and employee combined. The current legislation, which, of course, is backed by major employer groups and opposed by labor unions and national health groups, would increase that limit to 3

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The Weekly Standard: The Washington Post reports on a new study commissioned by America’s Health Insurance Providers: “The report makes clear that several major provisions in the current legislative proposal will cause health care costs to increase far faster and higher than they would under the current system,” Karen Ignagni, AHIP’s president and chief executive, wrote to board members Sunday. “Between 2010 and 2019 the cumulative increases in the cost of a typical family policy unde

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Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges.Here’s how much the Congressional Budget Office says a new health reform bill in the Senate would cost: $829 billion over 10 years.The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post , Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal all used that figure to describe the bill’s 10-year price tag.All noted that it would reduce the number of uninsured by 29 million people. In 10 years, all said, 94 percent of Americans under age 65 — the age at whic