Submitted by Mike Tipping on October 7, 2008 - 11:05am
Health Coverage for Maine, a coalition of healthcare-related organizations and progressive civic groups held press conferences yesterday to launch a TV ad opposing a veto of the beverage tax meant to fund Dirigo Health.
The Fed Up With Taxes campaign has commissioned a study that shows the new tax will benefit the state to the tune of $40 million.
Update: Part of this post was removed based on a better understanding of the tax structure. I had been ignoring the tax on health insurance claims. Here's the full study commissioned by Fed Up With Taxes. Some interesting bits in there I'll be following up on.
As I understand it, if the
As I understand it, if the repeal of the beverage tax is successful, Dirigo simply reverts back to the original funding mechanism, so there is no overall savings for the state. The costs will again be spread more thinly over a broader portion of the population.