Posted: Oct 14, 2005 By: Denise McLellan

Subject: Employee tax on employer sponsored health care

Comment: I agree 100% with this comment by Klein: axing health benefits moves the incentives in the opposite direction. It makes little sense to consider increasing the cost of health coverage at a time when both employers and employees are already struggling to afford this benefit today," Klein says.

We will have more uninsured as the rising cost of health insurance, especially if it is taxable, will affect the working poor. I myself, even thought I work in the area of health benefits, lost my insurance (previously provided by the Federal Employee Benefits program) after a divorce. This, in spite of the fact MA law allowed me to continue. When is the federal government going to start helping the working class citizens of this country?