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Health Savings Accounts

Individual Taxes: TaxVox

HSAs Provide A Sweet Tax Break, But Some May Increase Health Care Spending

As a tax shelter, health savings accounts are a winner, and are growing in popularity. But, according to a new study (subscription only) by Paul...
June 21, 2019Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

The Ways & Means Committee Would Borrow $100 Billion to Expand HSAs and Subsidize Gym Memberships

The House Ways & Means Committee has voted to borrow $100 billion to subsidize gym memberships and high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance, and expand Health Savings...
July 17, 2018Howard Gleckman
Individual Taxes: TaxVox

Scott Walker’s Replacement for the ACA Would Leave Many Uninsured

GOP presidential hopeful Scott Walker’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is built on a controversial framework of tax subsidies that Walker estimates would cost about $1 trillion over 10 years. The plan is already drawing heat from fellow GOP candidate Bobby Jindal, who called it “a new
August 20, 2015Howard Gleckman