Health Exchange Subsidies Would Impose High Marginal Taxes


 

Publication Date: March 2010

Publisher: National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health; Subsidies

Type: Brief

Abstract:

Both the House and Senate health reform bills would establish exchanges offering people health insurance policies. Low-income individuals and families who did not have employer-provided health insurance and obtained coverage through an exchange would be eligible for subsidies. In both bills, the subsidies phase out with income, although the specific numbers differ.