The Capretta article needs a companion piece showing how the federal government _taxes_ health insurance, including through such indirect means as HIPAA community rating requirements for ESI and ACA coverage, and the cost to individuals of outlawing actuarially-accurate private insurance.
Capretta’s charts would be more useful if they showed net subsidies including implicit taxes, instead of only face-value amounts.
The Capretta article needs a companion piece showing how the federal government _taxes_ health insurance, including through such indirect means as HIPAA community rating requirements for ESI and ACA coverage, and the cost to individuals of outlawing actuarially-accurate private insurance.
Capretta’s charts would be more useful if they showed net subsidies including implicit taxes, instead of only face-value amounts.