The Politics of Taxes in the Affordable Care Act

Published: Jan 3, 2018
Abstract
The Affordable Care Act includes taxes on medical providers and insurance companies — taxes that make healthcare more expensive. As MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber (one of the ACA’s architects) said, the “lack of transparency” of these obscure taxes “is a huge political advantage.” This chapter shows that when the revenue-raising tools for a policy plan are hidden from voters, the project will appear to be a better deal for taxpayers than it...
Paper Details
Title
The Politics of Taxes in the Affordable Care Act
Published Date
Jan 3, 2018
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