Health Care Tax

i was reading today that it costs the U.S. government about $900-billion (between 2006-10) by NOT taxing employer-provided health insurance benefits on employee's tax returns. that is of course if they aren't domestic partner benefits.

in all fairness, which domestic partner benefits are not, i am open to taxing health benefits for everyone. $900-billion over 4 years is...over $200 BILLION a year! roll that into federally funded health insurance programs like medicaid and medicare and we are on to something.

thanks to loosened restrictions on what states can do with federal funds from low-income health insurance programs states like massachusetts and california have been able to come up with "universal health-care" coverage. neither state's program has been around long enough to gage whether it works, but at least it is a step in the right direction.