Revise the Connecticut Health Care Tax on Ambulatory Surgery CentersIn 2015, the Connecticut General Assembly passed 11th-hour legislation at the close of the session that included a 6 percent gross receipts tax on ambulatory surgery centers. This "top-line" healthcare tax translates to an effective income tax rate of 30 percent.
The impact of the tax, which was imposed with no notice, no hearings and no discussion, is unprecedented. Since then, more than 50 bills have been introduced to repeal, reduce or phase out the tax. If this tax is left in place, the result will dramatically decrease patient access to quality, affordable community health care in Connecticut. This tax will push some ASCs to operate at a loss, resulting in possible closures that would steer patients to more expensive surgery settings where procedures are more costly. Many ASCs are teetering on the edge of viability; eliminating the $1 million exemption means that every ASC (a small business that typically employs about 12 people) would be responsible for an ADDITIONAL $60,000 in taxes. The Connecticut Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and its members are committed to providing the best quality healthcare at the lowest possible cost, and seek to maintain the $1 million exemption through a waiver process with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) and exploring additional options for relief. Only then will the legislature stabilize the industry in Connecticut, spurring further investment and economic growth in the state. Click the button above or below to send an email to your legislators asking them to revise the tax. Contact your legislators todayAn online Action Center provides a fast and easy way to contact members of the Connecticut General Assembly.
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