A little known fact about the USA health bill

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An example of little-noticed provisions in a mammoth health care bill taken up Saturday by the House of Representatives are lower taxes for gay couples who receive health benefits from employers. Such benefits are now treated as taxable income for the employee, and the employer may owe payroll taxes on their fair-market value. Under the bill, such benefits would be tax-free, just like health benefits provided to the family of an employee married to a person of the opposite sex. Thanks to Nancy and Barack...