The Health Care Tax Credit (HCTC) was a federal program in existence from 2002 to 2013 that assisted people who had lost their jobs or were forced to take pay cuts "due to the effects of international trade" [source:劳工部]. The HCTC was created as a part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (otherwise known as the Trade Act of 2002). The program was expanded and extended a number of times until it finally expired on Jan. 1, 2014, to make way for the tax credits offered by the Affordable Care Act. The last year to claim the HCTC was 2013.
The HCTC paid 72.5 percent of the health care premiums for those who qualified for the program. To be eligible for the HCTC, you had to receive government assistance through a Trade Adjustment Assistance program or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (we'll explain these programs on the next page). Family members of eligible HCTC recipients could also qualify for the credit. And the credit wasn't available with just any old type of health coverage — your health plan also had to meet certain requirements.
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最初,HCTC是年度信用,但在2003年8月每月获得一次。您选择的是,HCTC计划将在您的保费到期时直接向您的保险公司付款。如果您选择等到纳税时间收到HCTC,它将以您所欠税款或退款的信用形式出现。
谁有资格获得HCTC,他们是如何获得福利的?前往下一页找出答案。
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