Total federal and state “tax subsidies” for employer-sponsored health coverage will average about $2,778 per worker this year.
Thomas Selden, a researcher with the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Bradley Gray, a researcher at CNA Corp., Alexandria, Va., have published that estimate in a study sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Bush administration officials have emphasized the cost of tax exemptions for purchases of health insurance in proposals to cap employers’ federal health insurance tax exemption.