...pay for health insurance. More important, employee payments for insurance are excluded from the taxes of the employee as well as the employer. These premiums...dollar buys nearly 50 percent more health care services it' it is paid through an insurance premium than if paid in wages and left to the individual to buy...

...with two children will take home only an additional $70 for each $100 his employer adds to his wage. If the employer buys health insurance instead, the...against the premium and there is no tax to be paid. For workers in high tax brackets, the incentive is even stronger. In the aggregate, the resulting government...

...$10,000 a year will take home less than $65 for each $100 that the employer adds to his gross wage. If the employer buys health insurance instead, the full $100 can be used, under our tax laws, to pay the premium and no tax is due. Because of this tax rule the dollar...

...$10,000 a year will take home less than $65 for each $100 that the employer adds to his gross wage. If the employer buys health insurance instead, the full $100 can be used to pay the premium and no tax is due. The dollar then buys the individual more than 50 percent...