W&M Bills Would Reduce, Delay ACA Taxes; Pause Employer Mandate

By Amy Lotven / December 12, 2017 at 9:12 PM
House Ways & Means Republicans on Tuesday (Dec. 12) introduced a package of bills that would delay the Affordable Care Act's medical device tax by five years, reduce the tax on health issuers that are able to rebate consumers in 2018 and provide full relief to all issuers in 2019, stop implementation of the employer mandate, push the start date for the controversial Cadillac tax by one year to 2021, and freeze for two years the ban on using consumer-directed...


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