The Senate voted Wednesday for the first time to repeal a piece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rolling back a new tax reporting requirement that’s been universally panned by business owners.
The amendment to repeal the 1099 reporting requirement passed 81-17 with broad bipartisan support.
The provision was one that Obama identified in his State of the Union speech as something that Democrats were willing to change.
The Senate voted several times last year on repealing the requirement, but all the attempts failed amid partisan bickering over how to pay for it. Republicans made an attempt to repeal the provision by taking money from the health reform law’s prevention and wellness fund. Democrats tried to repeal it without paying for it.
The provision would have required business owners to file 1099 tax documents on all cumulative purchases from a single vendor that total more than $600 in a year.
CBO Director Says Obamacare Would Reduce Employment by 800,000 Workers 2:37 PM, Feb 10, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON Testifying today before the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed that Obamacare is expected to reduce the number of jobs in the labor market by an estimated 800,000. Here are excerpts from the exchange:
Chairman [Paul] Ryan: “[I]t’s been argued...that the new health care law will create jobs and increase labor force participation. But if I recall from your analysis, it was quite the opposite. Is that not the case?”
Director [Douglas] Elmendorf : “Yes.”...
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Rep. [John] Campbell: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, we'll -- and Dr. Elmendorf -- and we'll continue this conversation right now. First on health care, before I get to -- before I get to broader issues, you just mentioned that you believe -- or that in your estimate, that the health care law would reduce the labor used in the economy by about 1/2 of 1 percent, given that, I believe you say, there's 160 million full-time people working in '20-'21. That means that, in your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000 in '20-'21. Is that correct?
Director Elmendorf: Yes. The way I would put it is that we do estimate, as you said, that...employment will be about 160 million by the end of the decade. Half a percent of that is 800,000.
Feb 10 2011 CBO Director Confirms the Health Law Causes a Reduction of 800,000 Workers
Testifying today before the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed that the health care law will reduce the number of jobs in the labor market. The Budget and Economic Outlook released by CBO in August projected a 0.5 percent reduction in the labor market as a direct result of the health care law. Director Elmendorf responded in the affirmative when asked by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan whether CBO has found that the new health care law will reduce jobs and decrease labor force participation. In subsequent questions, Elmendorf confirmed that CBO projects that household employment will be about 160 million in 2021, therefore the 0.5 percent reduction in the labor market resulting from the health care law will equal roughly 800,000 full time employees.
Medicare and Medicaid came about because of the first push for National Healthcare. We have just added to it piecemeal since then, trying to get everyone covered.
The Challenge: The new Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) for nursing homes is designed to improve consistency in what surveyors pinpoint and possibly cite as well as to facilitate surveyor review of the full range of regulations. In fact, facilities are seeing more deficiencies in their initial QIS than in the prior traditional survey, often in regulatory areas such as quality of life, that were not as fully investigated in the traditional process.
The Impact: According to a United States Government Accountability Office report, poor quality of care – worsening pressure sores or untreated weight loss – in a small but unacceptably high number of nursing homes continues to harm residents or place them in immediate jeopardy, that is, at risk of death or serious injury. About 1 in 5 homes nationwide were cited for such serious deficiencies on state inspections, known as surveys, in fiscal year 2007.1 The Prevention Above All Intervention: The abaqis® Nursing Home Quality Assurance System uses the same calculations, thresholds and analysis as the QIS to quickly highlight residents at risk. abaqis® is the only quality assessment and reporting system for nursing homes that is tied directly to the QIS, and it uses the same tools and processes that QIS surveyors use.
Developed by Nursing Home Quality, LLC, the same company CMS contracts with to train State Survey Agencies nationwide on QIS, abaqis can help nursing homes improve their traditional survey outcomes, past survey issues, and their overall quality assurance program. Features include:
•Automated data collection and analysis on 26 Care Areas guide you toward what surveyors are targeting in your facility. •Rich reporting capabilities identify which Care Areas a facility should target for quality improvement. •Drill-down capabilities provide root cause analysis on both a facility-wide or individual resident basis, so you can prioritize and focus your interventions for maximum impact. •Emphasis on specific information reported by residents and families helps to identify the needs of your residents, aiding you in your efforts to meet those needs.
welcome to 'NO ELDER LEFT BEHIND'..........
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Yea Senders... It really sucks that the USA will FINALLY catch up to the rest of the developed world and offer ALL of it's citizens health care.
That sure will SUCK! ~ No more dying kids cause they didn't have health care ~ No more families losing their homes because of an illness with no health insurance. ~ No more people suffering and missing meals because they can't afford both medicine and food.
BUT... Look on the bright side... A WHOLE BUNCH OF MILLIONAIRES HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE BANK!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Yea Senders... It really sucks that the USA will FINALLY catch up to the rest of the developed world and offer ALL of it's citizens health care.
That sure will SUCK! ~ No more dying kids cause they didn't have health care ~ No more families losing their homes because of an illness with no health insurance. ~ No more people suffering and missing meals because they can't afford both medicine and food.
BUT... Look on the bright side... A WHOLE BUNCH OF MILLIONAIRES HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE BANK!
and do you really believe it will be utopia? will it get better? nope.....just makes podium pucks like the rest....
rule #20 scare the populace so much about dying that the waste and $$ spent will come rolling in
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE.....that is what makes millionaires....we flock to it as if it's the fountain of youth
a triple bypass is not preventative----one already has heart disease......lining up for zocor???? that is preventative health care along with a crap load of personal choice from YOUTH UP....not life style changes at 40......let's put the money where it's needed and stop chasing the fountain of youth......we have gone well past healthcare to allowing the 'healthscare' to dictate us into a corner....
the 40 year old after eating mcdonalds most of their life and the 6 year old cancer kid who had no idea????????
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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