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Individual Taxes

Updated: Who Gains and Who Loses under the Better Care Reconciliation Act

On July 11, 2017, we released our analysis of the distributional effects of the tax and health care benefit changes that would occur under the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). On July 13, the Senate leadership introduced a modified version of the bill. Here, we update our previous...

July 15, 2017
Linda J. BlumbergMatthew BuettgensJohn HolahanGordon B. Mermin
Brief
Individual Taxes

Who Gains and Who Loses under the Better Care Reconciliation Act

The proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) would repeal large portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including most of its sources of revenue, and it would significantly change the Medicaid program and the private nongroup insurance market. We use the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy...

July 12, 2017
Linda J. BlumbergMatthew BuettgensJohn HolahanGordon B. MerminPhilip Stallworth
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Federal Budget and Economy

Who Gains and Who Loses under the American Health Care Act

Congress is currently considering passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). This bill would repeal large portions of the Affordable Care Act, including most of its sources of revenue, and would introduce significant changes to the Medicaid program and the private nongroup insurance market...

March 23, 2017
Linda J. BlumbergMatthew BuettgensJohn HolahanGordon B. MerminFrank Sammartino
Brief
Federal Budget and Economy

The ACA's "Cadillac" Tax Versus a Cap on the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Based Health Benefits: Is This a Battle Worth Fighting?

Opposition to the ACA’s “Cadillac” tax is growing. This excise tax applies to employer health benefits exceeding a threshold. There has been broader support over time for a cap on the tax exclusion of employer contributions to health insurance, including from many who now want to repeal the...

October 22, 2015
Linda J. BlumbergJohn HolahanGordon B. Mermin
Research report
Federal Budget and Economy

The ACA's "Cadillac" Tax Versus a Cap on the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Based Health Benefits: Is This a Battle Worth Fighting?

Opposition to the ACA’s “Cadillac” tax is growing. This excise tax applies to employer health benefits exceeding a threshold. There has been broader support over time for a cap on the tax exclusion of employer contributions to health insurance, including from many who now want to repeal the...

October 21, 2015
Linda J. BlumbergJohn HolahanGordon B. Mermin
Brief
Individual Taxes

Health Reform and Cost Shifting

An editorial published by the Wall Street Journal on March 11, 2011, argues that the government's case for an individual mandate is faulty. The authors argue the "hidden tax" on people with health insurance is greatly overstated. Their support is a study by John Holahan and Jack Hadley...

March 31, 2011
John HolahanJack Hadley
Brief
Federal Budget and Economy

The President's Health Care Proposal Misses the Point

President Bush's new health care proposal ignores the most important problems in the current health care system: a lack of guaranteed affordable, accessible, and adequate insurance coverage for those with modest incomes or with high health needs. The proposal's focus on limiting the tax...

February 1, 2007
Linda J. BlumbergJohn Holahan