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stration published regulations that seek to exempt these same Taft-Hartley plans from paying ObamaCare's reinsurance tax. The reinsurance tax, which is scheduled to begin in 2014, was designed to provide funds to health care plans in the ObamaCare exchanges to help absorb the cost of care for people with pre-existing conditions. The tax is scheduled to raise a total of $25 billion by 2016. If unions are granted this special carve out by the president, the burden will be shifted to all other Americans in self-insured plans, requiring them to pay more to meet the amount of revenue required by law.
• If the Obama administration exempts unions from this tax, they will be sending a clear message that unions are once again above the law under this administration's regime. Unions should not be granted a special exemption just because the president fears further backlash on his signature law. To ensure that this is not allowed to happen, I introduced a bill that would prevent union health care plans from being exempted from the ObamaCare reinsurance tax. Rather than granting special backroom deals to political allies, the administration should support fairness for all by permanently delaying the law for every American. I will continue working with my colleagues in the Senate to ensure that we shield as many people as possible from the devastating impacts of ObamaCare and that all Americans are treated equal under the law.