Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2016 5:39:16 GMT -6
HONOLULU (AP) — State lawmakers killed a bill that would have made Hawaii the first state in the nation to offer long-term care benefits to seniors.
During a Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing Monday, lawmakers said the bill had too many problems. It would have raised the state general excise tax to give eligible seniors a benefit of $70 per day for 365 days.
Opponents said an increase in GET would hurt low-income residents who pay a higher percentage of their income on rent and groceries.
www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/state/hawaii-lawmakers-kill-proposal-start-long-term-care-benefit
During a Senate Ways and Means Committee hearing Monday, lawmakers said the bill had too many problems. It would have raised the state general excise tax to give eligible seniors a benefit of $70 per day for 365 days.
Opponents said an increase in GET would hurt low-income residents who pay a higher percentage of their income on rent and groceries.
www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/state/hawaii-lawmakers-kill-proposal-start-long-term-care-benefit