Tom Miller

In the following viewpoint, Tom Miller insists that tax credits are just another name for income redistribution, and they will not help solve the problem of uninsured Americans. He maintains that giving health insurance subsidies to low-income workers through refundable tax credits will likely be financed by reducing current health coverage tax benefits for higher income workers. Miller argues further that tax credits reinforce the mistaken opinion that everyone is “entitled”
to health insurance and that adequate medical care cannot be accessed without it. Tom Miller is the director of health policy studies for the Cato Institute.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In Miller’s opinion, what are the politics of the health care tax credit issue?
2. What does the Republican health...