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    House GOP files bills to delay Obamacare taxes

    The House GOP’s tax writers announced a flurry of bills to delay Obamacare’s taxes on health insurers and medical devices and lift penalties on employers, saying Americans need “targeted relief” from the levies while they work to repeal and replace the law outright.
    Health companies are begging the Ways and Means Committee for relief from a pair of controversial taxes that are set to return Jan. 1, after Congress suspended them in 2015 for two years.
    A bill by Reps. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota and Jackie Walorski of Indiana would further delay a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device sales for five years. Device makers called it a positive first step toward permanently repealing the tax, which has been criticized by both sides of the aisle.
    Rep. Kristi Noem of South Dakota offered legislation that staves off the health insurance tax, or “HIT,” in 2018 for insurers who offer rebates to customers, since plans already baked the cost of the tax into next year’s premiums.
    The bill would freeze the tax for all insurers in 2019.
    Plans regulated by Puerto Rico would get two years of relief from the HIT tax under a separate bill from Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida.

    More at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...amacare-taxes/
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    This is outside the budget reconciliation bill so it will need support from Democrats as well to pass.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1E62ZF

    Republicans could try to merge the healthcare tax proposals with a must-pass government funding bill that is expected to be passed by Dec. 22, when current funding runs out. But to succeed, Republicans in the Senate, who hold a slim majority of seats, would need an assist from Democrats to get past procedural hurdles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    This is outside the budget reconciliation bill so it will need support from Democrats as well to pass.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1E62ZF
    The technology tax isn't a partisan issue.

    Device makers called it a positive first step toward permanently repealing the tax, which has been criticized by both sides of the aisle.



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