SPOTLIGHT: Health insurance savings won't trickle from your paycheck to Social Security

If employers save money on health insurance because of the new healthcare law, they will give their workers a raise, according to a new report by the trustees of Social Security. The theory is that the health law will build the financial viability of Social Security because employers will shift money they now spend on health insurance into higher wages, Kaiser Health News reports. That's the theory, anyway. That, in turn, will mean more taxes collected on fatter payrolls to support Social Security and Medicare. Does the new healthcare law = more money for Social Security? A researcher at the conservative Cato Institute begs to differ, calling the notion a "fantasy." Article