1.  It does not tax our benefits.  Instead, it asks the wealthiest 0.3 percent of Americans (individuals earning $500,000 or more and families earning $1,000,000 or more annually) to pay an additional surtax on their incomes.
 
2.  It requires all employers, except most small employers, to provide coverage to their workers or else to pay a penalty of eight percent of payroll into a public trust.
 
3.  It includes protections for retirees, including improvements to Medicare, and a subsidy for employer-provided retiree health plans.
 
4.  It includes a choice of a public plan so that everyone will have a choice of an affordable plan, if they don't otherwise have one, and to provide some additional competition for the private insurance market.
 
This is the best legislation we are likely to get out of this Congress.  We know the Senate bill misses on three out of our four priorities.  Of most concern, the Senate bill as it currently stands would impose an excise tax on our health plans.

The House bill will be up for a vote this Saturday, November 7.  It is critical that this bill passes.  We need your help.

Call your Representatives today!