January 11, 2021
![Tax expenditures on health care in 2020 Tax expenditures on health care in 2020](https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/sites/default/files/fiscal-facts/ff_detailed_01.11.2020.png)
Fact:
The tax code subsidizes health care consumption through credits, deductions, and exemptions, such as the exclusion for employer contributions to insurance plans. Before the pandemic, Treasury estimated these to total $286 billion in FY2020.