Tax Benefits for Health Insurance and Expenses Overview of Current Law

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Medicaid.

Medical economics.

Savings accounts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Discusses current legislation to expand tax benefits for health insurance; reviews existing benefits such as employment-based plans, medical expense and self-employment deductions, and Medicare and Medicaid; and examines tax benefit consequences in terms of coverage, health care use and costs, and equity

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 09-RL-33505 in the 2009 issue

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Tax Benefits for Health Insurance and Expenses

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-DSP-0093

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