To delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate.
Announced in
the 113th United States Congress
Sponsored by
Rep. Todd C. Young (R, IN-9)
Number of co-sponsors
23
Codification
Acts affected
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2668 by Rep. Todd C. Young (R, IN-9) on July 11, 2013
Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Ways and Means
Passed the House on July 17, 2013 (251-174)
The Fairness for American Families Act (H.R. 2668) is a bill that would "amend the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage."[1] The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
On July 2, 2013, the Obama Administration announced that it would be delaying one of the key requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "Obamacare").[2] The requirement that all companies which employed more than 50 workers must offer an employee health insurance plan or pay a fine would now be delayed until 2015, according to the Administration.[3] The Administration, however, did not do anything to delay the individual health insurance mandate which was directed and individual people and families, rather than at companies and unions. In response, on July 11, 2013 by Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Fairness for American Families Act, which would apply the same delay to the individual mandate requirement.[2]
A second bill, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R. 2667), was introduced on July 11, 2013 by Rep. Timothy Griffin (R-AR).[4] This bill would authorize the Obama Administration's decision to delay the employer mandate, a delay that many would consider illegal without explicit Congressional authorization.[2][3]
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^ abcKasperowicz, Pete (July 12, 2013). "House releases texts of health insurance mandate delays". The Hill. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^ abCannon, Michael F. "Yes, Delaying Obamacare's Employer Mandate Is Illegal". Cato Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
^"H.R. 2667 - All Congressional Actions". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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