Bipartisan Optimism Grows For 'Cadillac Tax' Repeal Without Offsets In Tax Extenders Package

Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), one of several lawmakers in a bipartisan coalition working to eliminate the ACA's 40-percent excise tax on high-cost health plans, said Wednesday (Dec. 2) that a full repeal provision could very well be included in a tax extender package even without a way to offset the $87 billion price tag. Many pieces of past tax extender bills have been passed without offsets, Courtney said at a press conference organized by the “Alliance to Fight the 40,”...