The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday approved legislation that would chip away at ObamaCare, including a measure that would temporarily repeal the law's employer mandate.
The bill sponsored by GOP Reps. Devin Nunes (Calif.) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) would suspend penalties for the employer mandate for 2015 through 2019 and delay implementation of the tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans for another year, pushing it back to 2022. Congress repealed the penalty associated with the individual mandate last year, but it doesn't take effect until 2019.
"I think it's fair, if we relieve the burden for individuals, that we stand with our small and mid-sized companies," Kelly said.
Powerful lobbying groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have pushed for a repeal of the employer mandate.
The bill sponsored by GOP Reps. Devin Nunes (Calif.) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) would suspend penalties for the employer mandate for 2015 through 2019 and delay implementation of the tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans for another year, pushing it back to 2022. Congress repealed the penalty associated with the individual mandate last year, but it doesn't take effect until 2019.
"I think it's fair, if we relieve the burden for individuals, that we stand with our small and mid-sized companies," Kelly said.
Powerful lobbying groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have pushed for a repeal of the employer mandate.
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