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Health Savings Accounts: Robin Hood in Reverse

Posted April 15, 2024 by Rachel Schwab

As another tax filing season comes to a close, millions of Americans have reduced their taxable income through accounts that help pay for medical costs using a “health savings account” (HSA). Members of Congress have put forth bipartisan proposals to expand HSAs, but with the benefits of these accounts primarily accruing to healthier and wealthier Americans, expanding this option could exacerbate an already regressive tax break without improving access to coverage or care.

The GOP’s Plans for Health Care if they Take Control of Congress: A Mixed Bag for Consumers

Posted October 24, 2022 by Rachel Schwab

The midterm elections are upon us, and most voters view health care as a “very important” issue. Republican House members have put out a health policy agenda through their Healthy Future Task Force. CHIR’s Rachel Schwab looks at several of the task force’s affordability recommendations.

In a Post-Roe World, Employers Looking to Cover Out-of-State Travel for Abortion Services Have Multiple Options and Plenty of Uncertainty

Posted July 25, 2022 by CHIR Faculty

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, analyses project up to half of women and girls in the U.S. between the ages of 15 and 44 will live in states that significantly restrict or ban abortion services. The scale and geographic reach of these bans intensifies questions about travel costs and access to these services. Employers are looking at ways to cover abortion-related travel costs for workers.

June Research Roundup: What We’re Reading

Posted July 8, 2022 by Emma Walsh-Alker

It’s finally summer, and during the latest heat wave, the CHIR team cooled off with new health policy research. In June, we reviewed studies on improving race and ethnicity data collection in health insurance marketplaces, the value of health savings accounts, and variation in medical debt accumulation across the U.S.

House Committee to Consider Expanding Health Savings Account Tax Breaks for High Income

Posted July 17, 2018 by Edwin Park

On July 11, the full House Ways and Means Committee approved multiple health-related tax bills, many of which would expand tax breaks for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). As Georgetown Center for Children and Families’ Edwin Park explains, these HSA bills would primarily benefit those with high incomes, rather than make health coverage more affordable for low- and moderate-income children and families.