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  2. Premium tax credit - Wikipedia

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    The premium tax credit (PTC) is a mechanism established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through which the United States federal government partially subsidizes the cost of private health insurance for certain lower- and middle-income individuals and families.

  3. Health care finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 edition of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care [29] found that providing Medicare beneficiaries with severe chronic illnesses with more intense health care in the last two years of life—increased spending, more tests, more procedures and longer hospital stays—is not associated with better patient outcomes. There are significant ...

  4. Small Business Health Options Program - Wikipedia

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    Employers who purchase health insurance through the program may get a tax credit of up to 50% of their premium contributions. The tax credit via Form 8941 is available only to businesses that meet certain standards. Firstly, employers have fewer than 25 employees. [8] Secondly, their employee salary must be less than an average of $50,000. [8]

  5. Health insurance marketplace - Wikipedia

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    Private health exchanges predate the Affordable Care Act. One example of an early health care exchange is International Medical Exchange (IMX), a company venture financed in Louisville, Kentucky, by Standard Telephones and Cables, a large British technology company (now Nortel), to develop the exchange concept in the U.S. using on-line ...

  6. Health reimbursement account - Wikipedia

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    The health care can be run through the business and save the family, on average, $3,000 each year. As small businesses look to reduce costs, especially medical, the HRA can be a great tool that has been used by all too few since the 1954 tax law. HRAs are treated as group health plans and subject to the Medicare secondary payment (MSP).

  7. Health care prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the reasons for healthcare cost inflation over time, reporting in 2008 that: "Although many factors contributed to the growth, most analysts have concluded that the bulk of the long-term rise resulted from the health care system's use of new medical services that were made possible by technological ...

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  9. Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the minimum deductible has risen to $1.200 for individuals and $2,400 for families. HSAs enable healthier individuals to pay less for insurance and deposit money for their own future health care, dental and vision expenses. [125] HSAs are one form of tax-preferenced health care spending accounts.