http://mediaroots.org/us-scores-dead-last-again-in-healthcare-study/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://mediaroots.org/us-scores-dead-last-again-in-healthcare-study/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:28:07 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/us-scores-dead-last-again-in-healthcare-study/#comment-256 I wouldn’t mind paiyng my health care contributions with after tax dollars, and thus eliminating the government subsidization of my health care benefits. But taxing the entire thing as income is excessive. I think we should level the playing field, not sow it with land mines. My wife and I together pay about $ 160/month for awesome insurance, and we have a flexible reimbursement account that allows us to set aside $ 100/month pre-tax for expenses like co-pays and over the counter drugs. That means we wind up saving around 23% for the year as opposed to paiyng with after tax dollars. People without employer based health insurance don’t have that option, making it a government subsidy. So get rid of that aspect, but if my entire plan were taxed as income I couldn’t afford it. And I know a lot of other people who couldn’t as well. That’s a cure worse than the problem.

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