Independent Analysis Shows Wide-Spread Loss of Benefits, Increase in Taxes for Middle Class
DENVER, CO – With ordinary Americans increasingly struggling under the combined impact of the banking and health care crises, the Center for American Progress Action Fund is preparing to release a report detailing how the McCain health care plan would increase the burden on middle-class families in Colorado. The report, which will be released Thursday at a joint press conference held by Change to Win, Coloradans for Health Care, Progress Now, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), will detail the number of Coloradans expected to lose employer-sponsored health insurance under John McCain’s health care plan. It also details the tax hike middle class families would experience over four years under John McCain’s health care plan. Center for American Progress Action Fund Senior Fellow Peter Harbage will join State Senator Bob Hagadorn and State Representative Jerry Frangas to discuss what the McCain health plan means for Colorado.
Who: Bob Hagadorn, Colorado State Senator; Chair, Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Jerry Frangas, Colorado State Representative; Vice-Chairman, House Health and Human Services Committee
Peter Harbage, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
With participation from Change to Win, Coloradans for Health Care Progress Now, and SEIU
What: Press Conference to Release Report on Effects on McCain Health Plan on Colorado
When: Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Where: State Capitol, West Foyer
Denver, CO
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