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| For Immediate Release January 26, 2000 | |
Goodman Applauds Bipartisan Health Care Tax Credit Plan |
DALLAS (Jan. 26, 2000) -- Responding to the announcement by Sens. Jeffords, Breaux, and Frist and House Majority Leader Armey of their bipartisan
proposal to provide tax credits for the purchase of health insurance,
National Center for Policy Analysis President John C. Goodman, Ph.D.,
issued the following statement:
"The sponsors of this bill have made a bold, bipartisan effort to solve one
of the nation's most pressing problems. They deserve high praise from
every corner of the health care system, from all political parties and from
both ends of the ideological spectrum.
"The key to this legislation is the concept of the fixed-sum, refundable
tax credit for those who buy their own health insurance. This is a concept
long advocated by the NCPA.
"For too long, Congress has ignored the way in which federal tax policy has
been creating our health care problems. The tax system has shaped and
molded our health system. In a very real sense, health reform is tax
reform."
Dr. Goodman, who is commonly referred to as the "the father of Medical Savings Accounts," has been an innovative advocate of proposals to shift
the power in our health care system towards patients and away from
impersonal bureaucracies. He authored the book Patient Power: Solving
America's Health Care Crisis, the condensed version of which sold 300,000
copies and is credited with playing a pivotal role in the defeat of the
Clinton administration's 1994 health care plan. Dr. Goodman writes
extensively on health care policy, including, Reforming the U.S. Health
Care System, which is one of the most comprehensive analyses available on
the subject of tax credits for health insurance. This report can be found
at http://www.ncpa.org/bg/bg149/bg149.html.
The National Center for Policy Analysis is a public policy research
institute founded in 1983 and internationally known for its studies on public policy issues.
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