Join CWA Action Call to Fight "Age Tax"
CWA will hold a call on Monday, March 20, at 7:30 pm, to discuss ways to fight back against the House leadership's health care bill, which has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats, as well as doctors' and nurses' organizations.
A provision that many are calling an "age tax" in the bill would allow insurance companies to charge workers age 50 and older five times as much as younger workers.
Healthcare workers – including many CWA members – would face layoffs and cutbacks that would degrade health services in communities across the country.
The House leadership push to repeal the ACA isn't a health care proposal, it's a $525 billion giveaway to the 1 percent and drug and insurance companies. Under the proposed plan, the richest of the rich, the top one-tenth of 1 percent, would get an average tax cut of $197,000.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has determined that 24 million Americans would lose their health care over 10 years under this repeal plan.
The CBO estimates that 64-year olds making $26,500 per year would see their premiums increase by 750 percent by 2026. While they are on track to pay $1,700 for health care under the current law, the CBO projects the proposed plan would force them to pay $14,600 – about half of their income.