https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/17/the-health-benefits-that-cut-your-pay/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:36:39 -0400<![CDATA[My new employee thinks that she is paying roughly $2,600 for health care in her first year on the job — her $500 deductible plus her $2,100 share of the company’s health insurance premiums. In fact, she’s paying more than $10,000 into the country’s health care system. As her employer, our company will pay $6,190 of her health care costs, money that might otherwise go to her in salary. (From my point of view as a chief executive of a company, health care is just a different form of compensation.) She is also paying more than $1,500 in federal and state taxes to finance Medicare and Medicaid.]]>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:50:30 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/17/the-health-benefits-that-cut-your-pay-n100221