Politico June 17, 2024
With Erin Schumaker
Driving The Day
A FAMILIAR HEALTH TAX BATTLE — Leading employer groups and health insurers are bristling at proposals from prominent former Trump administration officials and House Republicans to increase taxes on some employer plans if Obamacare’s enhanced premium tax credits expire.
The context: Premiums for employer insurance plans aren’t typically taxable, which incentivizes employers to offer more generous plans. The Paragon Health Institute, a conservative think tank led by former Trump policy adviser Brian Blase, has argued that Congress should allow the tax credits to expire after 2025, saying the Affordable Care Act didn’t intend to fully subsidize plans for enrollees.
If that were to happen, Blase and Theo Merkel of Paragon recently argued, Congress should...
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