Healthcare Promises Just That--Empty Words?
The Associated Press reported on June 24:
"President Barack Obama left the door open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday... 'I don't want to prejudge what they're doing,' the president said, referring to proposals in the Senate to tax workers who get expensive insurance policies. Obama, who campaigned against the tax when he ran for president, drew a quick rebuff from one union president... It was the latest in a series of signs of presidential flexibility..."



