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To: LindyBill who wrote (25608)1/21/2004 9:04:00 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 793782
 
<<This is thanks to World War II-era tax laws that allowed employers to increase compensation without actually raising wages, during war-inspired wage controls, through non-taxed contributions of health insurance. >>

I'll bet that seemed like a really good idea at the time. Either that or it bought someone an election.



To: LindyBill who wrote (25608)1/21/2004 9:09:42 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793782
 
Part of the confusion about health care cost is that, as far as I know, there's no way to express the cost of health care per unit consumed. If it was reported that Americans spent 25% more on freedom fries last year, what would you make of that? Did the price per bag of fries go up 25% or did people eat 25% more, or some combination of the two? Makes a big difference in deciding what to make of that news.


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