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Your Employer's Health Plan Is the Single Largest Tax Break in America, and It Never Shows Up on Your Return
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (928+ words) The biggest tax break most American workers receive never appears on their return, never gets debated at filing time, and quietly delivers a bigger federal subsidy to higher earners than anything they could ever itemize. Look at your last pay…...
Covered California Premiums Rise Again as Uninsured Californians Under 65 Are Projected to Nearly Double by 2030
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (958+ words) California is heading toward a sharp rise in residents without health insurance, and the head of the state's marketplace is describing the moment in blunt terms. "It's triage," Covered California Executive Director Jessica Altman told KFF Health News in a…...
Measure B supporters say it could help San Diegans on Medi-Cal
2+ day, 12+ min ago (413+ words) The San Diego County Health and Safety Act, also called Measure B, is a half-cent sales tax proposal that voters will decide on this November. Supporters say the measure would supplement cuts to California’s low-income healthcare program: Medi-Cal. According to…...
State approves 22% average rate increase for individual health insurance in 2027
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (303+ words) OLYMPIA, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Thousands of Washington residents will see another hefty rise in the cost of their health insurance next year. The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) announced on Wednesday, Sept. 9, that it’s approved a 22.2% average…...
Federal tax burden rises across U.S., including California
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (279+ words) Kingsport Times News According to numbers from the national firm J David Tax Law, federal income tax burdens have grown dramatically across the country â with California in fifth place nationally That law firm's study shows that Massachusetts, Washington…...
Health Brief: The GOP’s tax taboo is cracking
4+ day, 20+ min ago (78+ words) The Washington Post - Some Republicans are putting higher payroll taxes on the table as the program’s trust fund heads toward exhaustion in just six years - Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is projected to run out in 2040, creating another looming fight…...
Catch 22: Californians can't afford health insurance, or the fine for going uninsured
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1536+ words) Los Angeles resident Marc Silverman, 57, saw his health insurance premiums double this year. Now he’s paying $800 a month for “a fairly minimal plan.” Silverman and his wife purchase insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. In…...
Uninsured Californians
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (1666+ words) Some background: California achieved one of the most dramatic drops in its uninsured population in the nation, largely credited to the state’s robust adoption of the ACA. By the time Democrat Xavier Becerra left Washington, D.C., more Americans than ever…...
Health insurance premiums in New Mexico could rise up to 30%
1+ week, 1+ day ago (352+ words) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico expects health insurance premiums to rise by up to 30% and says 89,000 Medicaid recipients could lose coverage under new rules. Changes will start this fall for people who buy insurance through BeWell New Mexico and for people on…...
Smyth Wants Huge Huntington Tax Increase - But Gave Himself "Lifetime Health Insurance"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (202+ words) Huntington Supervisor Ed Smyth (R-Halesite) has declared it to be "fiscal suicide" unless the town increases 2027 taxes - by piercing the state's 2% municipal tax cap. Smyth sprung this "crisis" on the town board in August, just two months after his Comptroller…...