Exclusion of Employer Provided Health Insurance: Such benefit could be made taxable for income tax purposes only (not subject to employment taxes).

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As a means-tested benefit, Pension Credit payments are assessed on someone's current income not their National Insurance Contributions.

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Under that proposal, upper-income taxpayers would benefit only 28 cents on the dollar for their charitable deductions, mortgage interest, employer-provided health insurance, etc.

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