(Bloomberg View)–Now that the survival of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act seems assured, the debate has finally shifted toward how to improve the law, including by revising the excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans.

With the third round of open enrollment starting Sunday, there's another PPACA tax that's due for a rethink: the penalty for not carrying insurance.

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