Determining how to pay for their massive healthcare reform efforts has been a struggle for Democrats. There have been many proposals, ranging from cutting some funds from Medicare to increasing taxes on certain income brackets to taxing plastic surgery procedures. An enduring suggestion has been that the government impose an excise tax on the purchase [...]

Opponents of healthcare reform failed to prevent bills passing in the Senate and the House of Representatives. These Democratic-sponsored bills seek to provide health insurance plans to the millions of uninsured Americans. Republicans, among those opposed to reform, raised the specter of socialized medicine and drew attention to the soaring cost of the legislation. Although [...]