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The Income Patients Bill
Tax breaks for doctors treating low-income patients
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 4, relative to tax relief.
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
This bill would let doctors count the money they lose treating state health plan patients as a charity gift to lower their taxes.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Doctors often lose money when they treat patients on the state health plan because it pays less than regular insurance. This bill would give those doctors a tax break to make up for the lost money. While it means less tax money for the state, it could encourage more doctors to keep seeing low-income patients.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Doctors could count unpaid costs from treating state patients as charity.
- They would pay a 25 dollar fee each year to get an official certificate.
- This certificate would help them lower their tax bills.
- It only applies to costs the state did not already pay them for.
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