Comments on: HEALTH TAX HYPOCRISY DOESN’T POLL WELL http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/07/07/health-tax-hypocrisy-doesnt-poll-well/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: DougT http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/07/07/health-tax-hypocrisy-doesnt-poll-well/#comment-434256 DougT Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:33 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/07/07/health-tax-hypocrisy-doesnt-poll-well/#comment-434256 Tax-free employer paid benefits already acts as a tax because that money would have been in your paycheck. If the government took money from your wages and used it to pay 50% of your health insurance premium, wouldn't you call that a tax? That's all this supposed benefit is. There are a lot of reasons that health care is expensive, but one of the biggest is this government-created scheme of tax exempt employer-funded health plans. I'd prefer they eliminate the tax-free aspect of the benefit, allow me to opt out of the employer-based plan, receive higher wages, and give me that McCain tax exemption to go buy my own insurance on the individual market. But that's just me. I hate taxes and love money. Tax-free employer paid benefits already acts as a tax because that money would have been in your paycheck. If the government took money from your wages and used it to pay 50% of your health insurance premium, wouldn’t you call that a tax? That’s all this supposed benefit is.

There are a lot of reasons that health care is expensive, but one of the biggest is this government-created scheme of tax exempt employer-funded health plans.

I’d prefer they eliminate the tax-free aspect of the benefit, allow me to opt out of the employer-based plan, receive higher wages, and give me that McCain tax exemption to go buy my own insurance on the individual market.

But that’s just me. I hate taxes and love money.

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