The money at issue would be used to help Landmark clinch a merger agreement with Massachusetts-based Caritas Christi Health Care. Under the proposed deal, Landmark would have to provide half of an estimated $40 million to pay for needed capital improvements at the hospital.
Insurers told House committee members that the tax burden would fall on small and medium-sized employers and their workers, according to the report. The bill would raise the existing 2-percent tax on premiums by a quarter of a percentage point for four years, generating $5 million per year, to be given to Landmark.
Read The Providence Journal‘s report on the insurance premium tax for Landmark Medical Center.
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