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Originally Posted by maleficent
A few weeks back, i was half paying attention to one of hte talking heads on one of the sunday news programs - they were pontificating about the state of healthcare in the US...
they raised an interesting point...
Why should healthcare be tied to employment - so that when/if you lose your job for whatever reason - you are basically insuranceless...
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It originated as a way to increase the compensation of employees without getting them taxed to death. Everything has grown from that original premise.
The question I want answered is "Why can't a self-employed (non-incorporated) person write off his health insurance premiums?"