Lawmakers Move Closer To Approving Health Plan Tax
A vote on the measure is expected Thursday.
The Sacramento Bee:
California Health Plan Tax Moves Closer To Approval
California lawmakers are poised to act on legislation that would expand a tax on health care plans while spending hundreds of millions of dollars on services for the developmentally disabled. No formal agreement has been announced, with a vote expected Thursday. (Miller, 2/22)
The Associated Press:
California Legislature To Advance Health-Plan Tax
A California legislative panel on Monday advanced a compromise plan to restructure taxes on health plans and increase funding for developmental disability services — the first legislative action in a months-long effort to prevent a massive hole in the state health care budget. (Cooper 2/22)
The Fresno Bee:
California GOP Ready To Support A New Tax
Opposition to new taxes has been a bedrock stance for Republican legislators, one they can enforce because taxes require two-thirds legislative votes. However, Assembly Republicans appear poised to bless a hefty tax on “managed care organizations” that Gov. Jerry Brown wants, because it would secure more federal support of health care for the poor. (Walters, 2/22)
In other news from the assembly —
Reuters:
California Lawmaker Aims To Reduce Eating Disorders Among Fashion Models
Fashion models who want to work in California would need a doctor to attest that they are of healthy weight and not suffering from an eating disorder under a proposal announced by a state lawmaker on Monday. The bill proposed by California state Assembly member Marc Levine follows efforts in several countries to fight anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders among models, who are relentlessly pressured to lose weight or lose work. (Bernstein, 2/22)