United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-05-02 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GGD-94-99 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99 P0b002ee180378648 f:gg94099 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99 GGD-94-99 Health insurance Disadvantaged persons Insurance premiums Health insurance cost control Employee medical benefits Subsidies Tax credit Federal aid programs Tax refunds Taxpayers Census Bureau Current Population Survey Earned Income Tax Credit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care for the Uninsured Program Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation SIPP Letter Report GGD This report provides information on the health insurance tax credit, which was established to encourage low-income workers to buy private health insurance for their families. GAO discusses (1) the estimated participation rate, in part to determine whether the potentially eligible population was aware of the health insurance credit, and (2) the health insurance tax credit's influence on low-wage workers' purchase of health insurance. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99.htm GAO/GGD-94-99 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-94-99 Letter Report GAO/GGD-94-99; Tax Policy: Health Insurance Tax Credit Participation Rate Was Low; Health insurance Disadvantaged persons Insurance premiums Health insurance cost control Employee medical benefits Subsidies Tax credit Federal aid programs Tax refunds Taxpayers Census Bureau Current Population Survey Earned Income Tax Credit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care for the Uninsured Program Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation SIPP