A Tax on Your Soda? Senate Holds Hearing on “Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform”

Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on “Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform.”    Over a dozen experts provided ideas about how to pay for the comprehensive health reform proposed by President Obama.   As the Wall Street Journal reports, one idea included “a federal excise tax on soda, certain fruit drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks and ready-to-drink teas” – proposed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

The Senate Finance Committee has posted the witness statements as well as a hearing video (Real Player required for video). 

– SBS