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New taxes loom to pay for healthcare overhaul

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   May 19, 2009

To pay for an overhaul of the nation's health system, Senate leaders have formally laid out proposals for new taxes on everything from employer-sponsored healthcare benefits and nonprofit hospitals to alcohol and sugary drinks. A bipartisan outline released by the Senate Finance Committee suggests peeling back a number of tax exemptions to pay for expanding health insurance to the nation's 46 million uninsured.

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