the time of TEFRA's passage. Taxpayers still receive $375 billion in tax cuts in the 3 years following TEFRA. A chart from the United States Department of the Treasury study showing the bill's effect on government revenues is reproduced below. As it shows, the TEFRA increased tax revenues by almost 1% (0.98%) of GDP, in marked contrast to the 1981 tax cuts and the milder effects of the other Reagan-era tax bills. The study makes note that these government revenue estimates do not take into account the effect of the bills on GDP, and therefore, are not inclusive of resulting increases in revenue that could occur from an increase in GDP: The bill also created a hospice benefit to the Medicare program for the terminally ill with a 1986 sunset provision. It allowed States to add a hospice benefit to the Medicaid program. References United States federal taxation legislation 1982 in law 1982 in economics Presidency of Ronald Reagan 97th United States Congress Acts of the 97th United States Congress