The Center for Tax Justice has released a report called "Progressive Revenue Options to Fund Health Care Reform," which SEIU and Health Care for America Now are supporting. The report describes progressive revenue options to pay for healthcare reform and the amount of revenue they are likely to raise.
Everyone--individuals, businesses, government--should the burden of healthcare costs in the effort to reform our system, without resorting to measures such as taxing employer-based health benefits. The proposals described in the report would accomplish three objectives:
- raise the revenue necessary to implement meaningful reform,
- simplify the tax code, and
- ensure a continued progressive structure of the federal income tax.
"The revenue options presented by Citizens for Tax Justice do not upend the current process for employees to receive healthcare from their employer like other proposals floating around Washington. These options prove it's possible to guarantee access to quality, affordable healthcare for everyone and to do it without creating an extra burden on taxpayers or our economy," said Bruce Colburn, Campaign Manager for SEIU Healthcare. Download the report here
