Comments on: John McCain’s Health Tax Credit

By: Mike Habib

Mike Habib — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:48:28 +0000

The centerpiece of the health care legislation is its provision of tax credits to low and middle income individuals and families for the purchase of health insurance. For tax years ending after 2013, the new law creates a refundable tax credit (the “premium assistance credit”) for eligible individuals and families who purchase health insurance through an exchange. More Info.

By: Obama Health Advisors Over the Top | John Goodman | NCPA

Obama Health Advisors Over the Top | John Goodman | NCPA — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:47:23 +0000

[...] McCain health plan (summarized by me here) provides a uniform tax subsidy to all insurance regardless of how it is purchased. And that is [...]

By: Taxing Health Insurance | John Goodman | NCPA

Taxing Health Insurance | John Goodman | NCPA — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:44:19 +0000

[...] McCain health plan, by contrast, would have substituted a new and better tax regime for the current one. People would [...]

By: Jadee

Jadee — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:00:03 +0000

John McCain might have been a good US President but the people in the US does not need another Republican, that is why he lost in the election. Obama perfectly states the need of the people in his campaign slogan and that is “change we can”.

By: Jamie3

Jamie3 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:15:17 +0000

John McCain is also a good politician and he got some good political ideology. i admire John McCain more than Obama,

By: The Democrats’ Dilemma on Health Reform | John Goodman | NCPA

The Democrats’ Dilemma on Health Reform | John Goodman | NCPA — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:46:00 +0000

[...] way the federal government subsidizes private health insurance — along the lines suggested by John McCain during the election and in a bill by Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr and Reps. Paul Ryan and [...]

By: A Health Plan for Barack Obama | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog

A Health Plan for Barack Obama | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:04:36 +0000

[...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. (See the NCPA analysis here.) [...]

By: Health Affairs Blog

Health Affairs Blog — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:31 +0000

[...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful, and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. [...]

By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Response to a Critique of the McCain Health Care Plan

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:33:10 +0000

[...] the reasons why economists tend to like proposals such as the McCain plan. [See my description (here).] That is, it ignores the expected benefits: First, the current system of $250 billion in annual [...]

By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » McCain vs. the Critics, Part II

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:19:53 +0000

[...] McCain health plan subsidizes, dollar-for-dollar, the core insurance everyone should have, forcing people to buy [...]