Originally Posted by djplong

But you didn't answer the question - what if it was a voucher? I know how much my employer pays for 'their' share of my health insurance premiums, just as I know how much 'I' pay.

But in reality, it's all coming out of one big bucket of employee compensation.

I'm curious.. If the Church handed the employee a voucher that the employee would hand to the insurer of choice - would that be the same violation of Church policies or morals or ethics, etc? There *is* a slight difference between the Church writing a check to the insurance company and the Church stamping a voucher - I grant you that.

But it DOES point out that things are more fuzzy and grey. The Church is expending money for the services of an employee. Is wanting to control what an insurance company does with it so different from hypothetically wanting to control what an employee does with it afterwards?