Here are samples of comments by health policy experts from the major public policy research organizations about the president?s health reform proposal: o "The new tax deduction would eliminate one of the major hidden forces driving up health cost - the unlimited tax break for job-based health insurance - and level the playing field so that everyone would have an equal … [Read more...] about State of the Union Address
State of the Union Address
Here are samples of comments by health policy experts from the major public policy research organizations about the president?s health reform proposal: o "The new tax deduction would eliminate one of the major hidden forces driving up health cost - the unlimited tax break for job-based health insurance - and level the playing field so that everyone would have an equal … [Read more...] about State of the Union Address
Cover Kids First
The upcoming debate over health insurance for children will send a strong signal about the direction that the health policy debate will take in the new Congress. The State Children's Health Insurance Program must be reauthorized this year or it will expire. And some states are running out of money and have their hands out to Washington for more. When Congress created SCHIP 10 years ago, it set … [Read more...] about Cover Kids First
State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
In His State Of The Union Address, President Bush Proposed A Comprehensive Agenda To Make Health Care In America More Affordable, Portable, Transparent, And Efficient. Americans enjoy the best health care facilities and medical professionals in the world, but our citizens are concerned about the cost of health care, losing their health insurance if they change jobs, and a lack of information about … [Read more...] about State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
In His State Of The Union Address, President Bush Proposed A Comprehensive Agenda To Make Health Care In America More Affordable, Portable, Transparent, And Efficient. Americans enjoy the best health care facilities and medical professionals in the world, but our citizens are concerned about the cost of health care, losing their health insurance if they change jobs, and a lack of information about … [Read more...] about State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
You Decide
The steady pace of new health reform plans continues, teeing up for the 2008 presidential debates, with two more proposals released this week. Compare and contrast these two: An unusual partnership including Wal-Mart, labor unions, AT&T, and several policy groups this week announced four principles to create ?a new American health care system by 2012.? They call for universal coverage and … [Read more...] about You Decide
Reforming the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
Tax reform is high on the policy agenda this year. One of the key issues that must be addressed is the generous tax break for job-based health insurance -- the single largest tax preference allowed in the Internal Revenue Code. Click here to read the document, which was submitted as a public comment to The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. … [Read more...] about Reforming the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
Reforming the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
Tax reform is high on the policy agenda this year. One of the key issues that must be addressed is the generous tax break for job-based health insurance -- the single largest tax preference allowed in the Internal Revenue Code. Click here to read the document, which was submitted as a public comment to The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. … [Read more...] about Reforming the Tax Treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance