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Making recent changes to the earned income tax credit (EITC) permanent would help older workers and boost the workforce.
Policymakers should remove artificial obstacles preventing low-income workers from going back to work and businesses from filling vacancies.
New report highlights importance of extending ARPA premium tax credit expansion.
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Expanded tax credits mean many lower-income older adults are now eligible for free or low-cost health insurance coverage.
Health coverage is unaffordable for many older adults. Extending tax credits would help.
Did you know that over 3 million older adults ages 50-64 rely on Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits to purchase health coverage? In fact, pre-ACA, almost half of them were uninsured.
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Small businesses would be able to band together to create a joint 401(k) retirement plan, and some part-time workers could participate in their employer’s plan, under proposals to be included in President Obama’s final budget to Congress.
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Federal lawmakers will simplify tax planning for many by making certain tax breaks permanent — including one for charitably inclined older investors.
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For the second time in three years, the federal Affordable Care Act went before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. And before a packed courtroom, a divided group of justices mostly picked up right where they left off the last time.
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By Julie Appleby, Senior Correspondent, Kaiser Health News
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