Excerpt: [Senators] continue to look for new ways to pay for their reform bills, due to lack of public support for an employer benefits tax, CNN reports: 'A recent New York Times/CBS News poll showed only 20 percent of respondents support the tax and a Washington Post/ABC News poll found 70 percent opposed it. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found 54 percent of respondents oppose the new tax' (7/7). Instead, Democrats are focusing on taxing the wealthy to pay for reform, The Wall Street Journal reports: 'Senate negotiators are considering a wider range of ways to pay for expanding health coverage, including President Barack Obama's proposal to limit tax deductions for the wealthy and another proposal to impose an income surtax on the wealthy, people familiar with the matter said' (Hitt and Adamy, 7/8).  MORE >>