What did my wife do to Max Baucus? Her health plan has to be taxed because

[RB TexLa]

her employer chooses to spend $13K on it? I guess because she was able to negotiate a good health plan as part of her package she should be punished? I guess he just isn't going to stand for that and people who obtain that deserve to be punished.

[WeDidIt]

1. Max's bill MANDATES that we all send more of our money to insurance comapnies

Motherfucking bastard.

[RB TexLa]

4. She doesn't mind her employer pays all of it.

I send a smaller and smaller amount each year as my HSA grows.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Red staters love this idea because more blue people have health insurance. nt

[Raven]

3. When I was in business, my health insurance premiums were taxed.

They were considered income. I think I would have been better off not offering health insurance to my employees and just buying a single plan for myself.

[zbdent]

5. tell me ... did her employer ever make the statement (before health care

came back up as a real political fight) that the paycheck would be larger if they "weren't forced to offer health care" in the benefits package?

Seems to me there was that argument a few years back ... but then, they wouldn't have given the raises anyway ...

[SoCalDem]

6. and she had years' worth of labor stolen from her

because when wages are negotiated, health care issues get "traded" for wage increases.. a double whammy..

[RB TexLa]

7. Sorry too much info, but she didn't lose anything.