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White House Seeks to Limit Health Law's Tax Troubles
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act worry that the tax-filing season will generate new anger as uninsured consumers learn that they must pay tax penalties.
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Obama administration officials and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act say they worry that the tax-filing season will generate new anger as uninsured consumers learn that they must pay tax penalties and as many people struggle with complex forms needed to justify tax credits they received in 2014 to pay for .
The White House has already granted some exemptions and is considering more to avoid a political firestorm.
Mark J. Mazur, the assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, said up to 6 million taxpayers would have to “pay a fee this year because they made a choice not to obtain healthcare coverage that they could have afforded.”
Read more at the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1ztajhn
Neurologists Share Tips for Securing Patient Access to Gene Therapies
March 19th 2025Tenacious efforts at every level, from the individual clinician to the hospital to the state to Congress, will be needed to make sure patients can access life-saving gene therapies for neuromuscular diseases.
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Bustling Gene Therapy Pipeline for Neuromuscular Diseases Brings Thorny Questions to the Clinic
March 18th 2025The rapid development of gene therapy options for treating neuromuscular diseases has created new therapeutic options but also logistical hurdles and a need for complex discussions between clinicians and families.
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