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Effects of Employer Health Costs on the Trend and Distribution of Wages Subject to Social Security Payroll Tax (PDF)
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Link to more items from this source
Apr. 3, 2012

"The increasing cost of employer contributions for employee health insurance reduces the percentage of compensation that is subject to the payroll tax. Rising insurance contributions can also have a more subtle effect on the Social Security tax base because they influence the distribution of money wages.... [T]he effect of health cost trends [in 1996-2008] exerted a disproportionate downward pressure on money wages below the taxable maximum, reducing the percentage of compensation subject to the payroll tax.... The main long-term impact of reform on the taxable wage base is likely to be through its effect on the trend in underlying health care costs."

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