I had 2. The Republicans are a joke.

Employer-based Health-care premiums are already pre-tax.

Quite frankly, I wouldn't let Josh Hawley pitch my garbage into my outside trash can...He'd screw it up somehow.
His past "Bills" are atrocious.

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It would only benefit people who are wealthy enough to itemize deductions. In other words, only about 10 percent of taxpayers.

Correction: After looking at it further, it appears the proposed deduction would be in addition to the standard deduction, so you wouldn't have to itemize. But the fact remains it would be heavily skewed in favor of the wealthy. People who don't owe any federal income tax (about 30-40% of Americans) would receive no benefit at all from this.

People at the highest marginal tax rate (37% which applies to very few people) would save a maximum of $9250 in taxes. People at the lowest marginal rate would save just $2500. How does this provide significant help to anyone?

would probably not be able to afford $25,000 in medical expenses and premiums, and wouldn't owe much, if any, income tax in the first place.

As noted above a knee replacement is 200k, getting to knock a bit off doesn't make that easily affordable for even a significant chunk of rich people.

Cut taxes.

it favors the rich and screws the middle class and poor.

Wish I could post the meme of him “Running” from MAGA tourists.

Notice how there was no specifics. Currently you can any medical expense over 7.5% of Adjusted gross income would become an itemized deduction. That would include all out of pocket insurance premiums, copays and any other qualified medical expense. If a less wealthy family living in an apartment with a current standard deduction of $29K unless they paid over 30K in itemized medical expenses would probably not be able to itemize. So the deduction in Hawleys plan would not help them at all.

Let see the specifics.

To Governor Elect Sherrill's soft secession plan. If she and the Operating Officer (new position in her cabinet) can find a way to carve as much money back from the Fed for NJ earners . . .

We can implement our own ACA and to hell with the rest of America - to include DC.

I'm sick of the people in my community over paying to DC and we don't get jack shit in return in NJ.

Has he actually seen a medical bill?