◼ House Republicans, eager to repeal the nation's new health care reform law, released a report Thursday claiming that a new tax penalty included in the reforms will discourage people from getting married. - Susan Ferrechio/Washington Examiner
The Republican-led House Government Oversight and Reform panel issued the 22-page report to coincide with a hearing at which witnesses offered mostly critical critiques of the health care law drafted and passed by Democrats in 2009.
The report concludes that only 2 million of 60 million couples would be eligible within the next decade to receive a health insurance tax credit under President Obama's health care law.
"The evidence suggests, therefore, that Obamacare introduces a substantial new marriage penalty into the tax code," the report states. "Over time, [the law's] marriage penalty will directly cause fewer individuals to marry."
