It is the employer's money. The employer is paying for a service. The service is what is being transferred to the employee as compensation. If an employer purchases an asset on behalf of an employee, it remains the employers until such time as the right is transferred to the employee. You may as well say that the 6.2% Social Security contribution that an employer must make (in addition to …

If we are going to persist in the myth that somehow an employer-funded health care scheme is the best that the US can do... And there's the rub. We shouldn't persist in the myth that an employer-based (employer-funded is a misnomer because not all employers actually fund their insurance plans) health care scheme is the best we can do. And once again, nobody is compelling employers to pa…

Bruce, nobody is compelling employers to pay for health insurance I think that's exactly what the new healthcare bill is doing. If you've got a company of >50 employees, you have to pay for healthcare or pay a 2,000 dollar fine. I heard this from Sen. Ron Johnson on Wisconsin Public Radio yesterday, the speculation (from the right at least) is that most employers will opt to pay the …

Yeah, I should have clarified that under the current system no one is compelling employers to provide insurance. The reform bill does contain mandates and fines beginning in 2014. As for socialized medicine, we've had it in the U.S. since 1965. It's called Medicare, and it is available to everyone over the age of 65 as well as people with disabilities. It costs about 1/3 to 1/2 of what privat…