Researchers Predict Big Differences In Health Ta Credit Effects

Individual health insurance tax incentives could help states with large numbers of low-income workers far more than they would help residents of other states.[@@]

Sherry Glied and Douglas Gould, researchers at Columbia University, have published an analysis supporting that conclusion in a paper on the Web site of the health finance journal Health Affairs.

Some policymakers have suggested that Congress should address the plight of the uninsured by creating a tax credit that would help low-income and moderate-income U.S. residents who lack employer-sponsored health coverage pay for individual coverage.