Senate Finance Adds Health Insurance Tax To List Of Fees It Is Tackling

By Amy Lotven / June 6, 2019 at 4:20 PM
A Senate Finance Committee task force has added the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance tax to the list of health fees for which it is seeking a permanent fix, a Senate staffer confirmed. The annual health insurance tax was put off for 2019 but is set to go back into effect in 2020, and insurers have been lobbying for years to get the tax repealed. Insurers were livid when Finance unveiled the health task force several weeks ago along with...

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