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Cast Your Vote Now for 2009's Biggest Business Scrooge

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December 10, 2009
The season of joy, giving and merriment is also the season of Scrooge, and Jobs with Justice needs your help to decide which greedy American business behaved in the most Scrooge-like fashion over the past year.

Fed Unions Release Reports on the Detrimental Impact of the Senate Excise Tax on FEHBP Health Plans

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Two reports released today by federal unions found that the so-called "Cadillac" tax on higher-cost health plans contained in the U.S. Senate health care bill would actually affect average plans like those under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). The reports suggest that the excise tax would result in significant health benefit cuts and shifting of costs to employees, as plans try to avoid the tax.