Posted: Oct 14, 2005 By: Phyllis Stadler

Subject: Proposal To Tax Employer-Provided health Benefits

Comment: This idea to begin taxing employer-provided employee health benefits in order to lower their alternative minimum tax burden is just about the worst idea I've heard in a long time! When both employers and employees are struggling to continue to afford health insurance, the incentive should be to make that easier, not harder. Go tax something else for heaven's sake!