Health Insurance: GOP Bill Offers Tax Benefits
Republican lawmakers introduced a new bill calling for tax payer credits for those purchasing health insurance, but does not include a public insurance choice.
The Patients’ Choice Act would stop tax cuts for companies that provide health insurance. Individuals and families would be given money to help them purchase health insurance coverage. Lower income households would get even more money to buy private insurance plans. The Republicans want to make it easier to comparison shop for health insurance and believe employer-based coverage is becoming a thing of the past as more and more benefits are being stripped.
