Soda Taxes, Soft Drink Consumption, and Children's Body Mass Index
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
New study finds that current soda tax rates don't deter consumption.
Tax policy
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Taxing Soft Drinks and Restricting Access to Vending Machines to Curb Child Obesity
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
One of the largest drivers of the current obesity epidemic is thought to be excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
Health Insurance Reform Project Identifies New Ideas to Improve Federal Health Policy - Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Programs and Tax Credits
January 17, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Health Insurance Reform Project worked to develop and advance new ideas to improve federal health policy, focusing primarily on improving quality in Medicare and expanding health insurance coverage nationally.
What Works?
January 1, 2011 | Toolkit
This guide provides information on methods to quit smoking such as counseling, medications, combination methods and hypnosis, along with information about how well they work, how much each costs to quit, whether insurance covers it and where a smoker can get each method.
1996 Conference Recommends Giving Tax Credits for Private Health Insurance
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1996, the Galen Institute sponsored a conference on tax policy and health care reform, and, in 1999, published papers that had been commissioned for the conference in a book.
A Workable Social Insurance Approach to Expanding Health Insurance Coverage
October 31, 2003 | Report
Modest, but gradually increasing, tax credit available as an alternative to a capped tax exclusion. Modest tax penalties for those not buying coverage. Employers required to offer but not pay for coverage.
An Adaptive Credit Plan for Covering the Uninsured
October 31, 2003 | Report
A refundable tax credit/voucher system would make some level of coverage affordable to lower-middle income people who currently have no health insurance. Very low-income households would initially be eligible for publicly financed zero-premium comprehensive insurance.
Tax Credits for Individual Health Insurance
August 1, 2002 | Report
Tax credits, like those proposed by the Bush Administration, could help make individual health insurance affordable for the many uninsured people who do not have access to employment-based health coverage.
Study of Federal Health Tax Credit Program Finds it Expensive and Complicated
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 2002, the U.S. Congress enacted the Health Coverage Tax Credit to subsidize the purchase of coverage for certain individuals, particularly early retirees and workers displaced by international trade, who might otherwise be uninsured.
Determining Eligibility for Insurance Affordability Programs
February 20, 2013 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Mathematica Policy Research analyzed the impact of new rules for determining eligibility for insurance affordability programs under the Affordable Care Act on state governments as well as prospective enrollees.