Individual Taxes: TaxVoxSenator Kerry has floated the idea of a tax on high premiums as an alternative to caps on the exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). There are no public details, but press reports indicate bipartisan interest in the idea. The proposal would tax insurers and self-insured employer plans if the average premium “substantially” exceeded the highest premium on policies offered to federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP).
July 29, 2009Leonard E. Burman