December 16, 2009

Justin Higginbottom of the Tax Foundation: Health Care Provider Taxes

There's been some talk recently of a second stimulus plan, but a recent Tax Foundation analysis shows that several states are taking advantage of one provision of the first stimulus bill -- increased federal matching rates for Medicaid -- at the expense of some health care providers in their own states and taxpayers in others. Twenty-two states have significant health provider or hospital taxes, six of which were enacted or expanded in the last year, and another four enactments or expansions are pending.

This week's Tax Policy Podcast guest is Tax Foundation State Policy Analyst Justin Higginbottom, who authored Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 203, "State Hospital and Medical Provider Taxes: Not What the Doctor Should Order."

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