Sen. Grassley Hits Hospital Tax Breaks in Health Reform Hearing
Sen. Chuck Grassley took another swipe at lucrative tax breaks of nonprofit hospitals yesterday–-at a hearing that wasn’t even about hospitals. The Senate Finance Committee convened to discuss what type of incentives are needed to lower the rates of the uninsured and underinsured. But in arranging to have a 53-year-old leukemia patient testify, Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) slammed the world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as much as he did her flimsy insurance policy. “Outrageous” is how he des
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