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Affordable Care Act

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Congress Could Fix the ACA’s Individual Mandate Without Waiting for the Supreme Court

In the coming months, the US Supreme Court will rule for the third time on the constitutionality of the individual mandate.
December 14, 2020C. Eugene Steuerle
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

President Trump Wants the Affordable Care Act Overturned. It Would Cut Taxes Substantially for High-Income Households

The highest-income 1 percent of households (those with income more than $788,000) would, on average, receive tax cuts of nearly $28,000.
October 27, 2020Gordon B. Mermin
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

By Overturning the ACA, The Supreme Court Would Cut Taxes Substantially For High-Income Households

Last week, President Trump said the Administration will urge the US Supreme Court to overturn the entire 2010 Affordable Care Act. While the High Court...
May 12, 2020Howard Gleckman
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Warren’s Medicare For All “Employer Medicare Contribution” Is A Distortionary And Regressive Tax

On Friday, Elizabeth Warren released her financing plan for Medicare for All . It is predictably wonky and politically courageous—new spending is way more popular...
November 5, 2019Leonard E. Burman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Using Taxes To Cap Executive Compensation Doesn’t Work

This week, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders proposed raising the tax rates for large corporations where there are “exorbitant” pay gaps between top executives and...
October 3, 2019Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

The House Should Repair, Not Repeal, The ACA’s Cadillac Tax

The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac tax on generous employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI). The bill, which...
July 16, 2019Howard Gleckman
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What The New Congress Will Mean For Tax And Budget Policy

The 116 th Congress is going to look very different from the 115 th . But don’t expect tax and budget policy to change much...
November 7, 2018Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

Did The GOP Just Open The Door To A Carbon Tax In 2025?

Supporters of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act like to describe it as a once-in-a-generation tax overhaul. It is arguably true that it is the...
December 20, 2017Howard Gleckman
Business Taxes: TaxVox

Did The ACA Tax Kill Demand For Indoor Tanning? It’s Complicated.

Has the Affordable Care Act’s 10 percent tanning excise tax reduced demand for indoor tanning services? A blog posted last week in the journal Health...
August 24, 2017Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The House Budget Panel’s Fiscal Framework Could Open The Door To A Big Tax Bill

Hours after the collapse of the Senate GOP leadership’s health plan, Republicans began to move on. The House began its efforts to write a tax...
July 18, 2017Howard Gleckman