Final Tax Bill Should Repeal Individual Mandate, Lawmakers Say
Final Tax Bill Should Repeal Individual Mandate, Lawmakers Say
- AuthorsWalker, MarkJohnson, SamHensarling, JebWoodall, RobFlores, BillAllen, Rep. Rick W.Babin, Rep. BrianBanks, Rep. JimBarr, Rep. AndyBarton, JoeBiggs, Rep. AndyBlackburn, Sen. MarshaBudd, Sen. Theodore PaulByrne, BradleyCarter, Rep. Earl L.Chabot, Rep. SteveCheney, Rep. LizCole, Rep. TomCramer, Sen. KevinDavidson, Rep. WarrenDesJarlais, Rep. ScottDuncan, Rep. JeffFranks, TrentGaetz, Rep. MattGallagher, Rep. MikeGibbs, Rep. BobGoodlatte, BobGosar, Rep. Paul A.Graves, TomGraves, Rep. GarretHarris, Rep. AndyHartzler, Rep. VickyHice, Rep. Jody B.Hill, Rep. J. FrenchHudson, Rep. RichardKelly, Rep. TrentKing, SteveLabrador, Raúl R.LaHood, Rep. DarinLaMalfa, Rep. DougLamborn, Rep. DougLoudermilk, Rep. BarryMcClintock, Rep. TomMcSally, MarthaMesser, LukeMooney, Rep. Alexander X.Newhouse, Rep. DanNorman, Rep. RalphPalmer, Rep. Gary J.Perry, Rep. ScottPittenger, RobertPoe, TedRatcliffe, JohnRoe, David P.Rokita, ToddRooney, FrancisRothfus, Keith J.Scott, Rep. AustinSmith, Rep. JasonSmith, LamarWalberg, Rep. TimWeber, Rep. Randy K., Sr.Wenstrup, Rep. Brad R.Westerman, Rep. BruceWilliams, Rep. RogerWilson, Rep. JoeYoho, Ted S.Rouzer, Rep. DavidDeSantis, RonRoss, Dennis A.
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- Tax Analysts Document Number2017-99183
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Hartzler Supports Repeal of
Individual Mandate in Tax Reform
December 7, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) and 69 conservative lawmakers are writing a letter to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (TX-08) and Senate Ways & Means Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) asking them to include repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate within the final tax reform bill.
“For too long the American people have suffered from the perils of Obamacare,” Hartlzer said. “Under President Obama’s health plan, premiums have skyrocketed, deductibles have mushroomed, and the health exchanges have crumbled. In 2015 alone, 116,580 Missourians were fined $50 million for failing to comply with the individual mandate. I am proud to ask Chairmen Brady and Hatch to include repeal of this onerous mandate in the final tax bill.”
The full text of the letter:
Dear Chairman Brady and Chairman Hatch:
As you begin conference proceedings related to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we respectfully request that the final package include a repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate. Including language to repeal this harmful policy will return personal decisions about health care choices to patients, fulfilling a key promise we have made to the American people.
Until enactment of Obamacare, the federal government had never required individuals, as a condition of lawful residence in the United States, to purchase a product from a private company. Yet the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the individual mandate will force approximately 13 million people, who would not voluntarily choose to purchase Obamacare-compliant plans without the threat of federal penalties, to do so. This raises an important question: If Obamacare provides Americans with great health insurance, why would they have to be forced to purchase it?
Obamacare’s coercive individual mandate represents perhaps the worst example of the federal government violating individual freedom and liberty — which is why we have repeatedly promised to repeal it. Repeal of the individual mandate was included in the Senate-passed bill and had earned robust support in the House. We urge you to help fulfill our promise to the American people and include this language in a final conference package.
Sincerely,
Joe Barton
Andy Biggs
Marsha Blackburn
Ted Budd
Bradley Byrne
Earl L. Buddy Carter
Steve Chabot
Liz Cheney
Tom Cole
Kevin Cramer
Warren Davidson
Ron DeSantis
Scott DesJarlais
Jeff Duncan
Trent Franks
Matt Gaetz
Mike Gallagher
Bob Gibbs
Bob Goodlatte
Paul Gosar
Tom Graves
Garrett Graves
Andy Harris
Vicky Hartzler
Jody Hice
French Hill
Richard Hudson
Trent Kelly
Steve King
Raul Labrador
Darren LaHood
Doug LaMalfa
Doug Lamborn
Barry Loudermilk
Tom McClintock
Martha McSally
Luke Messer
Alex Mooney
Dan Newhouse
Ralph Norman
Gary Palmer
Scott Perry
Robert Pittinger
Ted Poe
John Ratcliffe
Phil Roe
Todd Rokita
Francis Rooney
Dennis Ross
Keith Rothfus
David Rouzer
Austin Scott
Jason Smith
Lamar Smith
Tim Walberg
Randy Weber
Brad Wenstrup
Bruce Westerman
Roger Williams
Joe Wilson
Ted Yoho
- AuthorsWalker, MarkJohnson, SamHensarling, JebWoodall, RobFlores, BillAllen, Rep. Rick W.Babin, Rep. BrianBanks, Rep. JimBarr, Rep. AndyBarton, JoeBiggs, Rep. AndyBlackburn, Sen. MarshaBudd, Sen. Theodore PaulByrne, BradleyCarter, Rep. Earl L.Chabot, Rep. SteveCheney, Rep. LizCole, Rep. TomCramer, Sen. KevinDavidson, Rep. WarrenDesJarlais, Rep. ScottDuncan, Rep. JeffFranks, TrentGaetz, Rep. MattGallagher, Rep. MikeGibbs, Rep. BobGoodlatte, BobGosar, Rep. Paul A.Graves, TomGraves, Rep. GarretHarris, Rep. AndyHartzler, Rep. VickyHice, Rep. Jody B.Hill, Rep. J. FrenchHudson, Rep. RichardKelly, Rep. TrentKing, SteveLabrador, Raúl R.LaHood, Rep. DarinLaMalfa, Rep. DougLamborn, Rep. DougLoudermilk, Rep. BarryMcClintock, Rep. TomMcSally, MarthaMesser, LukeMooney, Rep. Alexander X.Newhouse, Rep. DanNorman, Rep. RalphPalmer, Rep. Gary J.Perry, Rep. ScottPittenger, RobertPoe, TedRatcliffe, JohnRoe, David P.Rokita, ToddRooney, FrancisRothfus, Keith J.Scott, Rep. AustinSmith, Rep. JasonSmith, LamarWalberg, Rep. TimWeber, Rep. Randy K., Sr.Wenstrup, Rep. Brad R.Westerman, Rep. BruceWilliams, Rep. RogerWilson, Rep. JoeYoho, Ted S.Rouzer, Rep. DavidDeSantis, RonRoss, Dennis A.
- Institutional AuthorsU.S. House of Representatives
- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Industry GroupsHealth careInsurance
- Jurisdictions
- Tax Analysts Document Number2017-99183
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2017 TNT 235-22