title: The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC): In Brief
creator: Fernandez, Bernadette
publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
date: 2016-12-06
language: English
description: This report describes the eligibility criteria for the Health
 Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) and the types of health insurance to which the tax
 credit may be applied. The tax credit's purpose is to make the purchase of
 health insurance more affordable for eligible individuals. The report also
 briefly describes the administration of the HCTC program and receipt of the
 credit by eligible taxpayers; it concludes with a summary of the HCTC's
 statutory history.
subject: Health care reform
subject: Health policy
subject: Tax deductions
coverage: United States
type: Report
format: 11 pages.
format: Text
identifier: crs: R44392
identifier: local-cont-no: R44392_2016Dec06
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc958731/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc958731