http://thehealthcaremaze.us/2009/05/16/tax-my-benefits-the-devil-in-the-details/ A plea for a more rational system Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:28:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thehealthcaremaze.us/2009/05/16/tax-my-benefits-the-devil-in-the-details/#comment-42 jimmy1920 Tue, 19 May 2009 19:34:56 +0000 http://thehealthcaremaze.wordpress.com/?p=611#comment-42 Do I dare flatter myself that this simple blog post has shifted the discussion away from the idea of taxing benefits? Nevertheless, Monday's Washington Post had an AP story: What to tax to pay for health care? By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051800359.html The article questioned if Congress had the stomach to tax benefits. I like to think it had more to do with brains than stomach, but such is Congress. Do I dare flatter myself that this simple blog post has shifted the discussion away from the idea of taxing benefits? Nevertheless, Monday’s Washington Post had an AP story:
What to tax to pay for health care?
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051800359.html
The article questioned if Congress had the stomach to tax benefits. I like to think it had more to do with brains than stomach, but such is Congress.

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