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...overhaul of the health-care system is by taxing employer-provided health benefits, which some government officials estimate could provide up to $200 billion in additional tax revenues for national health care. Meanwhile, a second report released March 24, by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute (EPI) think tank, shows that implementing such a tax may actually increase the ranks of the uninsured and raise premiums for people with coverage. "Taxing health-insurance benefits would encourage the young and healthy to opt out of [risk] pools," says author Elise Gould, EPI's director of health-care-policy research. "Upon their exit...
...Epi d'Or, 25 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau (33-1-42-36-38-12; epidor.fr). For real French food that is good and not too stuffy...
...their purchasing power decline every year as costs rise and their wages remain static. Washington, Oregon, Florida and Vermont have already enacted such indexes. Opponents argue that indexing could lead to spiraling labor costs, but a recent analysis by Michael Ettlinger of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a progressive research institute, suggests that there is minimal risk of the so-called "runaway wage" effect...
...initiatives all pass, more than 1.5 million workers will get a raise, according to an EPI estimate, including many families living below the poverty line. For those scrambling to defeat the popular state measures, though, the fight carries on. Regardless of how the measures fare on Tuesday, a battle over the national minimum wage may soon follow in Congress...
Still, achieving the Change to Win Federation's goals in Cincinnati won't be easy. Opponents of living-wage proposals argue that they will do more economic harm than good. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI), a Washington think tank known for its industry funding and pro-business positions, released a study in March claiming that a proposed bill to raise Ohio's minimum wage (at $4.25, one of the lowest in the country) could lead to a $308 million hit on the Ohio economy and the loss of 12,000 jobs. John Doyle, EPI's managing director, says that state...