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Commonwealth Fund analysis highlights benefits for…

will be helped in particular by central aspects of the legislation designed to improve and expand access to insurance. Commonwealth was a major supporter of the legislation. At a time when some Republicans and other conservatives continue to challenge

Why is Rick Scott running for Governor in Florida? ADHD…

2124) PLAYS: (6978) Remember this? This is Rachel Maddow’s stellar segment on the “Swiftboat Veterans for Unaffordable Insurance”, aka Rick Scott ’s organization, Conservatives for Patients Rights, the AstroTurf anti-health care reform group who led the

Small businesses back Tories on tax

to dentists and small manufacturers pledged support for the Conservatives’ promise to scrap a planned rise in national insurance for seven out of ten workers. “We believe that the Government’s proposal to increase national insurance, placing an

UK small businesses back Conservative stand on tax

to dentists and small manufacturers pledged support for the Conservatives’ promise to scrap a planned rise in national insurance for seven out of ten workers. ‘We believe that the Government’s proposal to increase national insurance, placing an

Vince & Nick Face Both Ways on NICs

voodoo economics’ and a ‘con’. ‘Now they [Conservatives] say they’re going to stop the increase in national insurance which of course everyone would like to do but they won’t tell you how they’re going to pay for it. This is voodoo

General Election 2010: David Cameron’s adviser’s…

report’s findings are the basis for many of the Tories plans to cut back a proposed National Insurance increase. Last week the pair produced two pages of A4 each for the Conservatives outlining additional proposals to make the 12bn efficiencies in

View from Chester on NI rise

The rise in National Insurance -which is due to be introduced next year- has already become one of the clearest dividing lines between Labour and the Conservatives. The Conservatives hope their plan to cancel it

Mandelson attacks Barclays head

after several business leaders backed the Conservatives over their plans to axe part of Labour’s planned National Insurance rise if they win power. The 23 – including the bosses of Marks and Spencer and Next – said the 1% NI increase would be a ‘tax on

More bosses back Tories’ tax move

Another 14 top executives have backed the Conservatives’ pledge to cancel the planned rise in National Insurance (NI) contributions. The bosses said they supported the Tories’ position after 23 others wrote to the Daily Telegraph warning the increase

Business chiefs back Tory stand on tax

business leaders, including nine heads of FTSE 100 companies, welcomed the Conservatives’ pledge, saying a rise in national insurance contributions would harm the economy. “The government’s proposal to increase national insurance, placing an additional