Sun Gazzette

Pennacchio's citizens advocacy group is backing legislation known as the Family and Business Health Security Act that calls for elimination of insurance premiums, co-pays and deductibles.

The plan would be funded through a 10-percent business payroll "health and wellness tax" and a 3-percent personal income tax.

Those fees, he said, would go into the Pennsylvania Health Trust and be used exclusively for health care delivery, including just 5 percent for administrative costs.

The plan also calls for eliminating waste and inefficiency in health care and promoting education.

The legislation, he said, has been introduced three times in the past four years without getting passed but increasingly is gaining more support from lawmakers from both parties.

Too bad none of our high traffic Pennsylvania based bloggers is willing to blog about this.