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Shifting Risk Of Ruin To Consumers: The Role Of Tax Law In American Health Policy, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Shifting Risk Of Ruin To Consumers: The Role Of Tax Law In American Health Policy, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
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The Role Of State Regulation In Consumer-Driven Health Care, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Mark A. Hall
The Role Of State Regulation In Consumer-Driven Health Care, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Mark A. Hall
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The Consumer-directed health care movement has recently been given a major boost by section 223 of the Medicare Modernization Act, which provides federal income tax subsidies for health savings accounts coupled with high deductible health plans. The federal tax subsidy, however, will only be available in states whose program of insurance regulation permits high deductible health plans to exist. The MMA represents, therefore, a new approach to federalism in health insurance - offering tax incentives for states to change their approach to insurance regulation rather than preempting state regulation or imposing federal regulation. To date the states have generally responded …