MORNING TAX:
ON THE AGENDA. Reps. Charles Boustany (R-La.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will hold a press event today at 10 a.m. calling for the repeal of the health insurance tax included in the Affordable Care Act. The event is in room SVC 214 of the Capitol Visitors Center and will focus on two pieces of legislation proposed by Boustany and Barrasso to repeal the tax.
PULSE:
A BUSY HEALTH CARE DAY – A senior Treasury adviser will testify on the employer mandate delay at a 10 a.m. hearing of the House Ways and Means health subcommittee: http://1.usa.gov/1adX2vT. … Lead sponsors of legislation to repeal the ACA’s health insurance tax hold a 10 a.m. press conference. … The Senate Finance Committee hosts ONC chief Farzard Mostashari for a 10 a.m. hearing on health IT: http://1.usa.gov/13TDSvf. … The Federal Commission on Long-Term Care holds its second public hearing at 1:30 p.m.: http://politico.pro/1bGgZNM. … The American Enterprise Institute holds a conference on global prescription drug trade: http://bit.ly/10Pf053.