A health care reform surtax on the rich makes great budget sense — and even more sense, over the long haul, for our actual health.
In the struggle for a less unequal America, could the House health care surtax on the wealthy turn out to be a game-changer?
America’s states, says a new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report, have a remarkably easy-to-administer alternative that can help avoid devastating budget cuts without putting any real pain on anyone. That alternative: tax the rich!