Following the Obama administration's announcement that the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate will be delayed by one year, House Republican leaders are pushing to extend that delay to the ACA mandate for individuals, as well.
The House Ways and Means Committee scheduled a July 17 vote on legislation that would codify the administration's employer-mandate extension and also put off the individual mandate to the same date, Jan. 1, 2015.
“It is only fair that hardworking taxpayers and families are treated just as well as businesses,” said Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.).
On July 2, the Obama administration announced the one-year employer-mandate extension in response to companies' concerns about implementing the health-care law.