Tax Breaks Can Improve Americans’ Health
“There are two main lines of attack against the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate GOP’s wildly unpopular health care bill. The first is that BCRA represents a massive redistribution of wealth—that poor and middle-class people will lose out due to its spending cuts while the rich will enjoy the lion’s share of its tax cuts. This argument has been so effective that some Republicans, such as Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, are signaling they want to pare back BCRA’s tax cuts for the rich, though it remains to be seen if their colleagues will follow. The second line of attack is that cutting spending on medical care—and in particular medical care for the poor—is unconscionable. This argument has incredible emotional resonance, and it is used against pretty much any legislation that seeks to curb medical expenditures.”