there’s a pretty good chance your employer is paying you more in health insurance, and less in other forms of compensation (like, say, wages), than he or she would absent this inducement.
Read the whole thing. The economic analysis is not remarkable. But it is surprising to have it appear in the WaPo.
Excepting that the Cadillac tax isn’t really just a methodical phase out of the employment insurance subsidy.
First of all, 40% is an extremely high marginal rate. But worse than that, it is taxed on a cost rather than a benefit/income. This makes it a huge progressive tax. AND WORSE, combined with the employer mandate, it is just a huge tax increase.
While we are playing checkers, our overlords are playing tiddly winks.