Others say this is an attempt to “effectively delay” the individual mandate, but I would say it’s an attempt to effectively repeal the individual mandate.
President Obama apparently agrees.
“You know what they say: 50th time is the charm,” mocked President Barack Obama.
The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bill by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) to effectively delay the individual mandate for one year by reducing the penalty in 2014 for not buying insurance from $95 to $0. [...]
The Republican-led chamber passed a similar bill last July, capturing 22 Democratic votes.
It looks like I was wrong.
I predicted that House Republicans wouldn’t pass another bill this year on their own (unless it was another abortion bill) but I wasn’t fully accounting for their continued desire to embarrass themselves over Obamacare.
Perhaps this will be the last thing they pass on their own.
Not to let it go unnoticed — reducing the penalty for not buying insurance from $95 to $0 would effectively increase the deficit.
Why do Republicans want to increase the deficit?