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October 26, 2009

Health Insurance and Marginal Tax Rates

Tyler Cowen, New York Times

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The fiscal reality of government subsidies to pay for mandated health insurance is that not all income groups can receive equal subsidies; as a family earns more, its subsidy would probably decrease, eventually falling to zero. But then we are taking money away from the poor as they climb into higher income categories.

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