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On Beck, Cato's Tanner falsely claimed Clinton's health plan would force small businesses to pay into health fund |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 3:36 pm |
| Tags: michael tanner, cnn headline news, glenn beck show, 2008 elections, government elections |
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During the September 17 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck, Michael Tanner, director of the Cato Institute's health and welfare studies, asserted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) health care plan would "require" that small business owners provide health insurance to their employees, "or else pay an additional tax into a fund ... that the government will use to pay for that health insurance." In fact, in a speech earlier that day announcing her plan, Clinton had stated: "Now, under my plan, we won't require small businesses to cover employees." Instead, she explained, "we will provide tax credits to ensure that many of them do." In discussing the impact that Clinton's plan would have on small businesses, host Glenn Beck asked Tanner: "Why would a business ... 'cause I am a small business owner -- if the government is just going to pay for the health care, if I don't provide it, why would I provide it for my [ Full article ] |
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