How Eliminating The Medical Expense Deduction Could Increase Medicaid Spending
The release of the House and Senate GOP tax plan this month has left Washington on edge as it comes to grips with the realities of tax reform. However, the elimination of the medical expense tax deduction in the House Republicans' tax reform package stands out above the rest as misguided. This elimination would not only affect filers using the deduction, but it also stands to have broader implications for our health care system.
ML Strategies has published a new blog post in Health Affairs on the consequences of the deduction's removal to the Medicaid program. It can be found here.