Tax Subsidies for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage : Selected Policy Issues for the 108th Congress.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business.

Government productivity.

Health insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.

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Summary:

Summarizes factors affecting the cost-effectiveness of tax subsidies to expand health insurance coverage for the medically uninsured. Examines the rationale for Government intervention in the health insurance market. Reviews important considerations in designing tax incentives to expand health insurance coverage, including current Federal tax subsidies for health insurance and relevant characteristics of the non-elderly uninsured population and the health insurance market for the non-elderly. Analyzes potential effectiveness and cost of proposed tax subsidies to expand health insurance coverage, including findings of recent studies.

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CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Tax Subsidies for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage

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