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180,000,000 times $600 ? [View all] questionseverything Jul 2019 OP
not taxing these benefits started under fdr questionseverything Jul 2019 #1
Who are "others"? There's hardly anyone not on either employee healthcare or medicaid/medicare. nt MadDAsHell Jul 2019 #26
Ask your favorite candidate to propose eliminating that exclusion from income. See what happens. Hoyt Jul 2019 #2
i get that it would not be popular but can we not even talk about the difference in the way people questionseverything Jul 2019 #3
It wouldn't affect me, but it would be a big change. Plus, I believe that $600 would also Hoyt Jul 2019 #5
the self employed and employees w/o benefits are already paying ss tax and income tax on their questionseverything Jul 2019 #6
I think self-employed can exclude/deduct their health insurance premiums. Hoyt Jul 2019 #8
your irs thing was from 2005...i am pretty sure the aca changed it but questionseverything Jul 2019 #10
I think it's still deductible. Obama would have been crucified if he ended that Hoyt Jul 2019 #18
i stand corrected in part...while it says the premiums are deductible not all the other expenses are questionseverything Jul 2019 #23
I get it. Time to get everyone insured under the cheapest, but quality, care we can. Hoyt Jul 2019 #24
i dont know how the self employed could be on medicaid because in illinois you can't have more than questionseverything Jul 2019 #14
I said "those without selfpayed insurance," meaning they didn't have insurance. Hence, Medicaid Hoyt Jul 2019 #15
np i apprciate the feed back questionseverything Jul 2019 #16
so is 180,000,000 times $500 $90,000,000,000? questionseverything Jul 2019 #20
Yeah, but the taxes would "only be" $18 B depending on tax brackets. Hoyt Jul 2019 #21
taxing the mega churchs would be fine with me questionseverything Jul 2019 #25
You math is so far off.Di former9thward Jul 2019 #17
that is very high dsc Jul 2019 #4
i'm just over 60 and the aca would cost my spouse and myself 1800 a month if we didnt get a subsidy questionseverything Jul 2019 #7
kids are vastly less dsc Jul 2019 #9
we are pretty much in agreement i think questionseverything Jul 2019 #11
Look at Form w2 box 12 Code dd to see cost Cicada Jul 2019 #12
i agree completely, price control is the place to start questionseverything Jul 2019 #13
You are just making up figures. former9thward Jul 2019 #19
There was a time when Orthos would make that in a week. But nowadays with Hoyt Jul 2019 #22
478120 was average salary for orthopedic surgeon last month Cicada Jul 2019 #28
I bet not many would go to business school. Medical school is all but a guarantee of Hoyt Jul 2019 #29
That is a Repulican idea brought up a doc03 Jul 2019 #27
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