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Enforcing Obamacare like D.C. snow removal, IRS chief says

Administering the 2010 health-care law is just like municipal snow shoveling -- a top priority thats non-negotiable, John Koskinen, the commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, said.

By Richard Rubin | Updated on April 03, 2014

(Bloomberg) — Administering the 2010 health-care law is just like municipal snow shoveling — a top priority that’s non-negotiable, John Koskinen, the commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, said.

Koskinen, speaking Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, drew on his experience a decade ago as the deputy mayor of the city government in the nation’s capital. Even as the IRS faces budgetary pressures, he said, according to prepared remarks, the health law will be a priority, just as snow removal is essential for a city.

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