Reply #13: I Didn't Take the Health Care Limit That Way

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* Cap the amount of tax-free money an employer could pay for a workers' health insurance plan to $11,500 for families. Anything paid above that threshold would be treated as taxable income to the worker.

It seems like a pretty high cap -- does your employer spend anywhere near $1,000 per month on health insurance per employee? Remember this is not medical expenses, which can easily exceed that amount, but the average monthly insurance bill.

I suspect that it's targeted either at very expensive executive coverage or at some kind of tax avoidance scheme in which compensation is disguised as insurance. Just guessing, though -- the $11,500 is a strange number.