Lily Batchelder, Fred Goldberg, and Peter Orszag wrote, Currently the vast majority of tax incentives operate through deductions or exclusions, which link the size of the
I’ve enjoyed (more than I should) the excitement around Austin’s posts on Senator Cruz’s health care subsidies. This is partly because we originally made this
Sarah Kliff helpfully interprets Mitt Romney’s Meet the Press statements about health reform as meaning he is in favor of preventing individuals with pre-existing conditions
Don wisely wrote, “There could be some concerns about altering this subsidy before insurance is available in exchanges in 2014 which is something to keep
This is by far the clearest and most comprehensive explanation of the various tax subsidies provided for health care in our tax code that I
Steve writes in politico his health policy grand bargain that he says would reduce spending by around $4 Trillion over 10 years and let both
On the heels of the Ryan budget comes word that the President will release a long term deficit reduction plan Wednesday, the details of which
In some recent posts (one, two, three) I’ve been discussing how the Cadillac tax provision of PPACA can be expected to shift some workers from private
Our recent working paper raises questions about how much the Cadillac tax provision of PPACA will induce workers to shift from private insurance to public
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) imposes a 40% excise tax on insurance premiums above a threshold. This tax, intended to help limit
Last December, PolitiFact.com selected “a government takeover of healthcare” as the Lie of the Year for 2010. Their reasoning was that, despite the claims of
This came up in the comments to another post. What happens when the minimum loss ratio requirements meet the Cadillac tax? The Cadillac tax is
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