Student Health Care Reform and Loans
Posted on January 21st, 2011
Health care reform is causing many changes to the health care system, but many do not realize it’s also having an impact on student loans. Student health care reform is affecting the way government is handling student loans and ultimately saving them money which is good for the country overall. According to the article “Health-care Reform and Your Student Loans” by AnnaMaria Andriotis on SmartMoney.com, there are 3 major changes the health-care bill is causing to student loans.
The most crucial part is that the federal student loan funding is switching to 100% funding from the government and eliminating private lenders. The Co
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Election May Affect Health Care Reform
Posted on November 5th, 2010
The article found on Commonhealth.wbur.org by Carey Goldberg titled “Election’s Effects On Health Care Reform: New Harvard Public Health Forum Webcast” directs readers to a video of the Forum At Harvard School of Public Health. This webcast was a discussion on the election results which was held Friday, November 5th.
This important discussion points out how powerful these election results may be since Democrats and Republicans have very different opinions on the direction health care reform should take. With Republicans having a very successful election, health care reform may take a major turn affecting health insurance for millions. It’s a
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Democrats to Change or Repeal Business Tax from Health Care Reform
Posted on July 31st, 2010
One provision of health care reform may be getting repealed or changed today as a tax reporting law for small businesses has come under scrutiny. Democrats included a provision in reform that requires small businesses to file a 1099 form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) when supplies or services cost over $600 in a year.
The provision in the health insurance legislation is expected to raise $16 billion but would require loads of paper work for small businesses and the IRS.
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