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2006

Income tax

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Of Head Taxes, Income Taxes, And Distributive Justice In American Health Care, Lawrence Zelenak Oct 2006

Of Head Taxes, Income Taxes, And Distributive Justice In American Health Care, Lawrence Zelenak

Law and Contemporary Problems

Havighurst and Richman have made an important contribution by uncovering ways in which the current system of health care financing, including the income-tax treatment of employer-provided health insurance, has disturbing distributional effects.


The Tax Subsidy To Employment-Based Health Insurance And The Distribution Of Well-Being, Mark Pauly Oct 2006

The Tax Subsidy To Employment-Based Health Insurance And The Distribution Of Well-Being, Mark Pauly

Law and Contemporary Problems

Pauly considers some recent contrasting views on the distributional effects of the tax subsidy within employment groups. He shows that the correct answer depends on what one assumes to be the within-group incidence of the reduction in money wages that occurs when group insurance is part of a competitive compensation package.