Reform Round-Up Special Report: Sen. Baucus Reveals Health Care Plan

by Astrid Fiano, DOTmed News Writer | September 16, 2009

--An excise tax of 35 percent on insurance companies and plan administrators for any plan above the threshold of $8,000 for singles and $21,000 for family plans.

--An annual flat fee of $2.3 billion for pharmaceutical manufacturers allocated according to market share except for those companies with sales of $5 million or less.

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--An annual flat fee of $4 billion for medical device manufacturers allocated according to market share and also not applicable to companies with sales of $5 million or less.

--An annual flat fee of $6 billion for health insurance companies allocated according to market share.

--An annual flat fee of $750 million on clinical laboratories allocated according to market share.

The complete Chairman's Mark may be accessed at: http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/leg/LEG%202009/091609%20Americas_Healthy_Future_Act.pdf

Senator's Baucus' comments may be accessed at: http://finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb091609.pdf

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