Article

Taxes Lurk Behind Court Test of Obama Health Law

While Supreme Court watchers focus on the controversial insurance requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, lesser known is that the court's ruling next month will also decide the fate of billions of dollars in new taxes.

The 2010 law includes a 3.8-percent boost in taxes on investment income and a 0.9-percent increase in the Medicare payroll tax, both hitting people who earn more than $200,000 a year.

Read the full story: http://hcp.lv/LWjbmm

Source: Chicago Tribune

Related Videos
James Chalmers, MD
Vincent Picozzi, MD, medical oncologist and director of the pancreaticobiliary program, Virginia Mason
Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA, FASCO, chief of medical oncology, chief scientific officer, and deputy director of the Miami Cancer Institute of Baptist Health South Florida
1 expert is featured in this series.
Ali Khawar
 Priscilla Tsondai, MD, MPH, International AIDS Society/CIPHER
Eileen Peng, PharmD, sitting for a video interview
ASCO Preview 2025
Related Content
AJMC Managed Markets Network Logo
CH LogoCenter for Biosimilars Logo