How Will Americans React?

How will the American public react to having their healthcare benefits subject to tax like income?

Obama was against it but is now looking toward doing it since Congress wants it. If it becomes law, a lot of people who voted for change will decide this is not the change they voted for & the democrats will lose a lot of voters. The biggest losers would be public employee unions, who backed him in the election. The public employees of cities and states will really take it on the chin as they have gold plated benefits.

This should prove interesting.

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Updated On: 6/3/09 at 09:37 PM

The American Public will probably wait, until there is an actual proposal on the table, before they react. Unlike you, who reacts at suppositions and what ifs, as if they were reality.

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I wonder how this will work.

On one level, I understand that it will be considered income. So if your employer pays $50 per month for your health insurance, you're taxed on the $50 per month.

Of course they collect taxes on any medicine that is dispensed.

But I wonder if they will tax medical procedures. Can a doctor's visit be taxed as "services rendered"?

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