It's looking more and more likely that House Republicans will soon look to cut out the preferential tax treatment of employer-provided health care plans – all to cover the cost of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
A recently leaked discussion draft of repeal-and-replace legislation suggests taxing the most expensive individual and family plans – those in the 90th percentile – in the employer market.
That provision, which critics are calling a "new tax on the middle class," would generate the greatest source of new tax revenue for the repeal and replace proposal.
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