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Most Workers Are On Welfare | To put another nail in the coffin of the argument that only lower income Americans or seniors benefit from government health care subsidies, the Incidental Economist’s Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt point out that individuals and families who receive coverage through their employers are also getting one heck of a deal. While total Medicaid spending per person is about $6,300, the average cost of the employer-sponsored tax subsidy is approximately $5,000. Look:
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