Currently, Medicare doesn't cover outpatient prescription drugs. It would make sure that everybody would get coverage, and secondly, this would enable the Medicare program to use its very strong bargaining clout to bargain for lower prices of prescription drugs. Families USA praised the plan. The marriage penalty is a quirk in tax law that forces many two-income married couples making about the same amount of money to pay more taxes than if they were single. Increasing the standard deduction would enable a married couple to get the same benefit as if they were single, according to Gore's plan.
Most couples take the standard deduction.
It's going to help, but it's not going to help a lot.