Lawmakers From Both Parties Urge Health Insurance Tax Delay In Lame Duck

By Amy Lotven / November 1, 2016 at 2:25 PM
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging House leaders to further delay by one year the ACA's tax on health insurance plans during the lame duck session, which would align the insurance tax delay with Congress' decision to suspend the tax on medical devices through 2018. The lawmakers remind House leaders that last year's omnibus spending bill suspended the insurance tax for 2017, and argue that Congress should take similar action before adjourning this year. “Providing another one-year extension of...


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