Anne Royalty, associate professor of economics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), is one of four scholars who have published a critique of Senator John McCain’s proposed health insurance reform plan. McCain’s reform package “would eliminate the current tax exclusion of employer payments for health coverage, replace the exclusion with a refundable tax credit for those who purchase coverage, and encourage Americans to move to a national market for nongroup insurance,” according to the critique abstract. Results of the change will “tend to raise costs, reduce the generosity of benefits, and leave people with fewer consumer protections,” the researchers said....
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