Private Health Insurance: Expiration Of The Health Coverage Tax Credit Will Affect Participants’ Costs And Coverage Choices As Health Reform ProvisionsAre Implemented

December 1, 2012
In December 2012, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report examining (1) how the Health Coverage Tax Credit's (HCTC’s) expiration and the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) premium tax credit, cost-sharing subsidies, and Medicaid expansion will affect HCTC participants and nonparticipants; and (2) how the coverage that will be available through the PPACA exchanges compares to HCTC participants’ health plan coverage. The GAO analyzed 2010 HCTC program data and individual tax filer data. GAO also compared the services and actuarial values of the plans that will . . .