In the United States, however, mortgage debt is encouraged through a subsidy in our tax code that, in fact, provides the greatest subsidy to those with the largest mortgage and, typically, the highest incomes.

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Would a Medicare subsidy program be run through the tax code?

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The subsidy itself is one of the least defensible in the tax code and it benefits a handful of corn farmers and producers in just a few states.

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