All that healthcare junk: take a deep breath, country
(wrote as a reply to an entry addressing the topic, and feel it is neutral and sensible enough- I think- to share here also)
Isn't it crazy, all this fuss, because when it comes down to it, (job benefit/provided) insurance is really just a way of dodging taxes. Your employer being able to give you 'leeeetle bit more (money value)' because the healthcare premiums are deducted pre-tax.
Optional 'flex spend' (for health expenses) cards (at least in FL) are also pre-tax, but balances expire at years end, and basically require you to guess how much you'll need.
Bottom line is, what you do with your money (pay) is no one else's business. Paying in benefits instead of money does not entitle you to tell people what/how to do with it. I guess if its too complicated for their morals, then they should pay cash equivalent, and people will just go buy their own XYZ care.
Something else is probably going on here unrelated to everything being discussed so loudly. AKA: quick, distract the country with a moral issue!
Isn't it crazy, all this fuss, because when it comes down to it, (job benefit/provided) insurance is really just a way of dodging taxes. Your employer being able to give you 'leeeetle bit more (money value)' because the healthcare premiums are deducted pre-tax.
Optional 'flex spend' (for health expenses) cards (at least in FL) are also pre-tax, but balances expire at years end, and basically require you to guess how much you'll need.
Bottom line is, what you do with your money (pay) is no one else's business. Paying in benefits instead of money does not entitle you to tell people what/how to do with it. I guess if its too complicated for their morals, then they should pay cash equivalent, and people will just go buy their own XYZ care.
Something else is probably going on here unrelated to everything being discussed so loudly. AKA: quick, distract the country with a moral issue!