Health group: Blagojevich's plan would save billions

SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Illinois families and businesses will save billions of dollars in health expenses if Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to overhaul the state health care system is adopted, an advocacy group said Tuesday. But the tax increase to pay for that health plan would be the nation's biggest in years and would sharply increase the tax burden in Illinois, another group concluded. The Campaign for Better Health Care says for every dollar spent on the Blagojevich tax plan, consumers would see about $2 in savings. "The cost of care will still go up. It's just that it will go up at a slower rate," said Kenneth Thorpe, an Emory University professor who conducted the study. He found that between now and the year 2011, the Blagojevich plan would