Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Chief, Called To White House Over Last Minute Health Care Flare Up
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
With a health care reform proposal being patched together for final consideration in the House of Representatives, gripes over a key element of the legislation could trip up the delicate process. On Wednesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was called into an unplanned meeting at the White House to discuss late-stage negotiations on a proposed tax on high-end insurance plans. According to sources familiar with what transpired, congressional leaders had begun discussions earlier in the day (perhaps last night) about accelerating the tax’s impact in order to produce more savings under the president’s revised health care bill
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Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Chief, Called To White House Over Last Minute Health Care Flare Up
