State, Federal Governments To Pay Tax on Medicaid Plans
The federal and state governments this year will pay at least $700 million in taxes on Medicaid plans as part of an estimated $8 billion tax levied on insurers under the Affordable Care Act. The tax is being collected for the first time this year and is due Sept. 30.
- "States To Help Pay Obamacare Tax on Insurers" (Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, 9/2).