165.948 Community Rating for Medical Coverage:
MSSNY will work with the American Medical Association to secure passage of federal legislation to: (a) replace the current tax exclusion of employer-provided coverage with a refundable tax credit for each individual who receives coverage as a benefit of employment, or who purchases health insurance in the private market; (b) expand the definition of health benefits under Section 106 of the Internal Revenue Code to include employers’ contributions to their employees’ purchase of individual health insurance; (c) eliminate the restrictions on the availability of MSAs; and, (d) enable the creation of risk pooling cooperatives to foster an environment in which individually owned insurance could be purchased economically. MSSNY will support all legislative/ regulatory efforts to examine the need to implement effective state insurance reform that would facilitate the purchase of individual and group coverage for all New Yorkers at an affordable cost. (HOD 1999-68; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
