Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate on Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)’s health care bill. The problem is that there has been no sign of a bill, rather there has been proposed concepts of what this bill might or might not contain. How might Max Baucus propose to pay for this “so-called” health care bill?
According to Amanda Carpenter of the Washington Times, Baucus proposed taxing feminine products, powered breast pumps (to bottle milk for babies), and other devices, such as pacemakers. Naturally, the committee realized that there would be some contention to this decision, so they stripped the tax on the feminine products.
Meanwhile, there could be a potential backlash on this bill as the powered breast pumps, pacemakers, ventilators, etc. will be taxed. I don’t know about you, but one would think that there are better solutions than taxing essentials or medical equipment.
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