Reps. To Unveil HIT Bill

February 15, 2013

POLITICO

JASON MILLMAN |

Reps. Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) are planning to introduce a bill to eliminate the ACA’s health insurance tax, which the CBO valued at $100 billion over 10 years. Boustany sponsored the bill in the last Congress and gathered 226 cosponsors, but it never came up for a vote. Matheson co-sponsored the bill last year but was not listed as an original co-sponsor.

--The bill is backed by the "Stop the HIT" Coalition, which includes the NFIB, Chamber and other business groups. “To encourage companies to hire and expand, Congress must eliminate the additional health coverage tax, which will only make it more expensive for businesses to provide health care coverage to their employees,” the Chamber’s Bruce Josten said in a statement.

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