As the Obama administration ponders how to further boost the percentage of Americans with health insurance, a new study suggests it may be neglecting a powerful ally: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
A report by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation argues that the IRS could go a long way toward increasing the insured rate by identifying and informing uninsured taxpayers of the credits they qualify for.
A big chunk of the uninsured, for instance, receive the Earned Income Tax Credit because of their low income.
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