Senator Josh Hawley calls for Healthcare to become a tax write off

“Why shouldn’t we make healthcare tax-free in this country? Why shouldn’t we just exempt all healthcare from taxes?

We did no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime earlier this year. How about no taxes on healthcare? If you pay premiums, you ought to be able to deduct that from your taxes. If you have out-of-pocket medical expenses, you ought to be able to deduct every dollar off of your taxes.

You wanna lower the cost of healthcare immediately? Do that. No taxes on healthcare for any American’— Let’s think about working people in this country who cannot afford healthcare. What if we said to them today, “We’re not going to tax your healthcare costs?”