Rep. Joe Courtney scored a win Wednesday after a decade of trying to repeal a tax on expensive health care plans that was imposed by the Affordable Care Act. The House voted overwhelmingly, 419-6, to approve Courtney’s Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019, which would abolish a tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act. Commonly known as the “Cadillac tax,” the levy is an excise tax on the most generous and expensive employer health-insurance plans. Those who argued in favor of repealing the tax said it is not just rich corporate executives who are covered under robust health care policies, it’s teachers, state workers and other employees who aren’t necessarily high earners.
