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[trackrat59]

I work in health care with physicians. I'm far from an expert on this topic so this is just a guess on my part.

I remember reading that there will be additional taxes for health care insurance companies. The amount being stated on employees' W-2s could be connected to the increased tax the carriers are being asked to pay. It might be that they will use the total cost employers are paying for health care and tie that number back to additional taxes for the insurance companies. The total cost being paid per employee being stated on a W-2 would validate the cost to the employer therefore establishing a real total number to tax the insurance companies on.

If this is correct it will be a Catch-22 for insurance companies. The more they charge the higher they are taxed.

Not being Pollyanna and just a guess on my part based on what I read about the additional taxes to carriers.

Will each of us wind up paying more in the end? Likely.