The health insurance industry is pushing legislation that would repeal the new tax on health insurance plans — and it has some serious support.

The Jobs and Premium Protection Act (H.R. 763), bipartisan legislation to repeal the health insurance tax in President Obama's health care law, now has 218 cosponsors in the House, America's Health Insurance Plans reported this week.

For months, the carrier group has slammed the tax and thrown its support at the legislation to repeal it.

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