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Individual Taxes: TaxVox

If The GOP Must Cut Taxes As Part of Its Health Plan, Why Not Help Middle-Income Households?

If The GOP Must Cut Taxes As Part of Its Health Plan, Why Not Help Middle-Income Households? Let’s say you want to cut about $1...
June 29, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Why The Senate Leadership's Tax Plan Would Lose Less Revenue Than The House Bill

The Senate Republican leadership’s health plan loses about $300 billion less revenue than the House-passed health bill. Yet, most of the tax cuts in the...
June 27, 2017Howard Gleckman
Federal Budget and Economy: TaxVox

The Senate Leadership’s Health Bill Is A Big Tax Cut, Especially For The Top One Percent

Much like the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Senate leadership’s health bill includes a huge tax cut that mostly benefits the nation’s highest-income...
June 26, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Tax Pieces of The Senate Health Bill Look A Lot Like The House's

The Senate Republican leadership released its closely-held alternative to the Affordable Care Act this morning. When it comes to taxes, the proposal looks a lot...
June 22, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Theological Battle Over Tax Credits Versus Tax Deductions

Among the ruins of the American Health Care Act, there remains an important debate over tax credits versus tax deductions . This turns out to...
March 30, 2017Howard Gleckman
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox

No, Tax Reform Is Not Easier Than Rewriting the Health Law

Following the collapse of the House GOP health plan, President Trump and many congressional Republicans say they will pivot to tax reform. Passing that initiative,...
March 27, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The AHCA’s Tax Changes And Transfers Would Benefit the Wealthy, Hurt the Lowest Income Households

The AHCA’s Tax Changes And Transfers Would Benefit The Wealthy, Hurt The Lowest Income Households The House Republican health plan—the American Health Care Act (AHCA)—would...
March 22, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

House GOP Health Plan Would Finance Tax Cuts by Reducing Medicaid and Insurance Subsidies

Here is one way to think about the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation score of the House Republican health bill : By...
March 14, 2017Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Coverage vs. Cost in CBO’s Score of the House GOP health plan

House Republicans are pushing for quick passage of The American Health Care Act (AHCA), which would modify or repeal many aspects of the Affordable Care...
March 10, 2017Benjamin R. Page
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The big tax changes in the House GOP health plan

On Monday, House Republicans introduced legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In addition to major revisions to Medicaid and other parts...
March 8, 2017Gordon B. Mermin