TaxVox: Health care

Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Charity Care: Should Those Hospitals Do More?

July 7, 2021 –

A recent Wall Street Journal report made me wonder.

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

December 14, 2020 –

In the coming months, the US Supreme Court will rule for the third time on the constitutionality of the individual mandate.

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

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

October 27, 2020 –

The highest-income 1 percent of households (those with income more than $788,000) would, on average, receive tax cuts of nearly $28,000.

TPC Launches A New Resource For Understanding Tax Expenditures

January 28, 2020 –

Would you be surprised to learn that in addition to the $1.3 trillion the federal government will spend on Medicare, Medicaid , and related health...

Individual Taxes

Congress Could Improve Both the Tax Code And Health Coverage By Redesigning The Tax Subsidy For Employer-Sponsored Insurance

January 21, 2020 –

When Congress voted in December to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance plans (ESI), it took health policy in...

Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms

Repealing the ACA’s Excise Taxes Benefits Middle- and Upper-Middle Income Households More than Other Groups

January 10, 2020 –

In its end-of-2019 budget agreement, Congress repealed three sizeable excise taxes included in the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA): a tax on high-cost employer-provided health...

Individual Taxes

Where Can Warren Get $32 Trillion To Pay For Her Government Health Plan?

October 25, 2019 –

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren says she’ll disclose her plan to pay for universal, public health care within the “next few weeks.” But finding the money won't be easy.

Individual Taxes

The Story Of Medicare For All And Taxes Is Complex, But Warren And Sanders Have To Tell It

October 17, 2019 –

In a new report, my Urban Institute colleagues have estimated that a full-blown Medicare for All plan would increase federal government healthcare spending by a...

Individual Taxes

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

June 21, 2019 –

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...

State and Local Issues

Will A Global Opioid Settlement Mimic The 1990s Tobacco Experience?

June 6, 2019 –

For states, opioids may become the new tobacco. That is to say, states increasingly believe lawsuits against drugmakers and others are a potential source of significant revenue