Tax breakup: conservative think-tankers face an unexpected opponent: employers.(HEALTH CARE)

EMPLOYERS FACE NEW OPPOSITION in their efforts to rein in healthcare spending, and it's not coming from the employees whom they are forcing to foot more of the bill. Instead, employers are at odds with their allies in the conservative think-tank world, who are mounting an all-out offensive to unravel the employer-based insurance system, which covers nearly 60 percent of Americans, by proposing to tax that benefit.

The rift between the conservatives and the employers surfaced recently after a report by a bipartisan advisory commission of academics, Wall Street insiders, and ...

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