Tax Debate
July 9, 2009 | Issue Brief
Workers who get health coverage from their employers don't pay income or payroll taxes on it. Should some of it be taxed to help pay for coverage for others?
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Tax Subsidies for Private Health Insurance
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This update of a 2003 synthesis looks at the tax subsidy for private health insurance.
Enacting Market Reforms
March 25, 2009 | Report
Another group of reform plans relied mainly on market-based incentives and tax reforms to cover the uninsured. Generally speaking, these plans did not envision a substantially enlarged role for government beyond increased financing, but aimed instead to redesign and better align government subsidies and policies to promote more affordable health coverage. Mandates on individuals and firms are not featured.
Reforming the Tax Treatment of Health Care to Achieve Universal Coverage
October 31, 2003 | Survey/Poll
Would make refundable tax credits available to working households. States would get grants to expand health coverage to more residents and make insurance more affordable.
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.
Limiting the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
May 7, 2013 | Issue Brief
A modest reduction in the tax exclusion of employer sponsored health benefits can reduce the deficit and create a more equitable distribution of this tax subsidy.
Meeting of Researchers Explores Ways Tax Credits Might Expand Health Care Coverage
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Health Systems Research - a Washington public policy research and consulting firm acquired by Altarum in 2006 - organized a meeting of researchers and other experts to explore ways that tax credits might be used to expand health care coverage.
Overview of Final Regulations on Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief provides a walkthrough of the major takeaways from the tax regulations, as well as expected future guidance in the Affordable Care Act.