Tax Policy Center Newsletter
May 15, 2008

A Blueprint for Tax Reform and Health Reform
Testimony Before the Senate Finance Committee
Leonard Burman

In this testimony Burman outlines a plan for tax reform that would maintain progressivity, raise enough revenues to finance the government, and dovetail with plans to provide universal access to health insurance. The plan would combine a value-added tax (VAT) dedicated to pay for a new universal health insurance voucher with a vastly simplified and much flatter income tax.

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Individual Taxpayers and Federal Tax Reform
Testimony Before the Senate Finance Committee
William Gale

In the next few years, several factors including the expiration of the bush Administration's tax cuts will push tax issues to the forefront of policy discussions. Gale's testimony focuses on some overarching principles that should guide tax reform efforts.

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Forget Death and Taxes, How About Health and Taxes?
Howard Gleckman

Like it or not, health care and taxes are inextricably linked in the U.S. The employer-sponsored health system that covers most of the non-elderly is largely built on nearly $200 billion in income tax breaks.

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