Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance Pitfalls and Promises

by Aaron, Henry; Burman, Leonard E.

• ISBN13: 9780815701255
• ISBN10: 081570125X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-06
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

Costs keep rising, quality is uneven, and insurance is prohibitively expensive. Small wonder, then, that Americans are greatly concerned by the state of their health care. After ignoring the issue for years, both political parties have been forced by public anxiety and tightened budgets to put health care reform back near the top of their agendas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Tax Policy and the History of the Health Insurance Industry	p. 13
The Tax Code, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, and the Distribution of Tax Subsidies	p. 36
Comment
Comment
Health Savings Accounts: Recent Trends and Potential Effects on Coverage and Health Insurance Markets	p. 67
What's in a Name? Are Health Savings Accounts Really Health Savings Accounts?	p. 92
Case Study of a Successful HSA
Tax Subsidies for Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs	p. 119
Comment
Administrative Issues: Challenges of the Current System	p. 147
The Challenges of Implementing Health Reform through the Tax System	p. 171
Comment
Comment
Reforming the Tax Treatment of Health Care: Right Ways and Wrong Ways	p. 211
Comment
Simple Humans, Complex Insurance, Subtle Subsidies	p. 230
Comment
Taxes and Health Insurance	p. 263
Contributors	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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