After failing this year to repeal and replace Obamacare, House Republicans are angling to put taxes that are part of the health law on hold.
Measures proposed in the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday would cut some Affordable Care Act taxes for health insurers, drugmakers and medical-device makers. Patients, too, would benefit from the changes, which are likely to be attached to an end-of-year spending bill.
Lawmakers want to delay for another two years an annual fee that health insurers must pay based on market share. The fee, which insurers have passed on to consumers by raising premiums, was delayed in 2017 but set to take effect once again in 2018, leading insurers to include it in next year’s rates. A bill introduced by Republican Kristi Noem of South Dakota would extend relief from the tax for another year for insurers who give patients rebates. The tax cut would continue through 2019.
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