Possible Economic Darwin Award Candidate
Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Feb 10th, 2012
Another gem from Paul Starr’s book, Remedy and Reaction: Medicare and Medicaid [wintercow: because they are entitlement programs] are not the only federal health care obligations with no annual limit on costs. Tax expenditures on health insurance — that is, taxes foregone because of medical deductions and the exclusion of employer contributions from taxable income […]