Independent Analysis Shows Wide-Spread Loss of Benefits, Increase in Taxes for Middle Class
LANSING, MI – 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 Michigan. The report, which will be released Wednesday at a joint press conference held by Change to Win, the Michigan Universal Health Care Network (MichUCAN), Michigan Health Care for America Now (HCAN), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), will detail the number of Michiganders 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 Robert Gordon will join John Freeman, Michigan State Director of Healthcare for Americans Now and Marjorie Mitchell of the Michigan Universal Health Care Network to discuss what the McCain health plan means for Michigan.
Who: Robert Gordon, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Action Fund
John Freeman, Michigan State Director, Healthcare for Americans Now
Marjorie Mitchell, Michigan Universal Health Care Network
With participation from Change to Win and SEIU
What: Press Conference to Release Report on Effects on McCain Health Plan on Michigan
When: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Where: State Capitol, Room 426
Lansing, MI
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