tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post110230575985531457..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: The Tax Treatment of Health InsuranceAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-4832921003560131602008-03-12T12:37:00.000-04:002008-03-12T12:37:00.000-04:00Top blogging. Very interesting postTop blogging. Very interesting postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1136554068400297042006-01-06T08:27:00.000-05:002006-01-06T08:27:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1102522050989458262004-12-08T11:07:00.000-05:002004-12-08T11:07:00.000-05:00"The portion of this disparity that is due to the ..."The portion of this disparity that is due to the progressivity of the tax system is ridiculous. Subject it all to tax, and take some portion of the $100 - $200 billion saved and use it to provide refundable tax credits to purchase health insurance, whether through an employer or an individual policy."<br /><br />And back here on planet earth, the Republican majority would actually "subject it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1102351680383151212004-12-06T11:48:00.000-05:002004-12-06T11:48:00.000-05:00I don't think it is reasonable to assume that the ...I don't think it is reasonable to assume that the response to an increase in the subsidy (Gruber/Williams) will be symmetric with a removal of the subsidy. The response is likely to be asymmetric for at least two reasons:<br /><br />1) the risk averse and well to do have already chosen to accept the health insurance offer, leaving only the poor and risk neutral to respond to the subsidy. Yet the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1102351215144419052004-12-06T11:40:00.000-05:002004-12-06T11:40:00.000-05:00Gruber and Lettau's paper "How Elastic is the Firm...Gruber and Lettau's paper "How Elastic is the Firm's Demand for Health Insurance?" (NBER WP 8081) provides estimates of the elasticity of insurance offering with respect to the net-of-tax rate that are more relevant for assessing the effects of tax reform on insurance coverage than are those in the Gruber and Washington paper. Their estimate is considerably higher (-.31 to -.41). As they write "Adam O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583432813028142079noreply@blogger.com