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  • Obamacare socks union health plans with 40% tax

    Paul Bedard

    Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Deep in the list of taxes that the president's Obamacare plan will hit Americans with is a 40 percent excise tax on health plans typical union members have, especially in Midwest states, according to a new analysis. The Obamacare tax won't take place until 2018, but when it does it will smack...