The problem is ultimately traceable back to the tax subsidy--the exclusion of the value of health coverage from taxable income for both payroll and income taxes.
But because same-sex couples are not considered legally married under the eyes of the federal government, the dollar value of the health coverage is considered taxable income.
Since before the dawn of the Great Recession, economists have recognized the value of entrepreneurship to the health of the U.S. economy.
The economic value of the health impacts was based on premature mortality, workdays lost, and other direct costs to the healthcare system resulting from emissions of PM2.5, NOx, and SO2.
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But what had happened was there was a huge shortfall in the value of retiree health care benefits.
There are no good statistics on the median value of health benefits.
But the Employment Cost Index shows that the average value of health benefits rose 18 percent from 1998 to 2008, adjusting for inflation.
Lisa has dedicated herself to sharing the value of holistic health with others and helping women uncover the tools they need to feel vibrant, confident, and strong.
Update: A reader pointed out to me that the Affordable Care Act requires employers to start reporting the value of employee health insurance benefits starting in 2012 (for benefits provided in 2011).
Every business executive should be asking: What positive incentive is there for employees to get the most value out of the health care dollars spent on their behalf?
Fortunately, there is a growing awareness of the value of sharks for the health of our oceans.
We need to seriously look at the value side of the health care equation.
In assessing the value of a senior health-service manager or council chief, for example, the line between core competence and bonus-worthy brilliance might be hard to define.
Twitter is uniquely dependent on and responsible for the long-term health and value of the platform.
Evelyn Bromet, professor of psychiatry at SUNY Stony Brook, says the study's real value may be in the picture of mental health that emerges over time.
All of us value our health and the health of our loved ones.
It was the first time that someone had demonstrated the public-health value of using intensivists.
What is the value of a strong public health system?
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But, the crucial finding of our analysis is that we can have a lot more of the things we value as a country if we slow the growth rate of health care costs.
Officials had looked at research evidence which "raised questions about the real value of universal 'health checks' based solely on a medical model and helped us design an approach which allows Wales to test something new".
Under Bush's proposal--and this is what he didn't say in his speech--the value of that employee's health insurance policy would be considered taxable income.
At Intel, we track health reform in 22 countries, and we see a global trend toward collective payment paying groups of providers to manage the health of a population based on value rather than volume of procedures.
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Healthcare providers have the choice to get ahead of that inevitability or be behind the eight ball if they choose to ignore the data on the value of patient engagement in driving positive health outcomes.
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt's Value-Driven Health Care Initiative wins the endorsement of David R.
We believe that the tools in health reform will help keep health care cost growth low while improving the value of care for consumers.
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Gold is a great predictor of our economic health because as the most constant, objective measure of value in existence, its price is the single best measure of the value of the most important price in the world: the U.S. dollar.
Is protecting the value of your money, and the financial health of the nation, their number one goal?
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Instead, the press has reported the findings at face value, and as if this is a study about the health benefits of reduced soda consumption.
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These protections underscored the importance of intellectual property to American innovation and patient health, and its value to the economy.
The rebates are just another example of how the Affordable Care Act is giving consumers a better value for their health care dollar and making our health care system stronger.
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