Tax credits to expand health insurance coverage are being considered by the Bush administration and several members of Congress. While there appears to be substantial interest in and bipartisan support for tax credits, their use as a means of subsidizing the purchase of health insurance presents both challenging policy tradeoffs and complicated design issues. What are the effects of different levels of tax credits? Can we predict either the effects or the costs of tax credits? Does it matter if we cannot? What would the effect be on employer-provided coverage? How prescriptive does the legislation have to be?
In this joint health policy and tax policy discussion, Mark Pauly and John Hoff will elaborate on their answers to these and other questions. Their presentation will be based on a new study,
Responsible Tax Credits for Health Insurance (AEI Press, forthcoming), draft copies of which will be available at this session. A panel of experts on tax credits and health insurance will respond.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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