FULL REPEAL of §9013 of the adopted 2010 Healthcare Reform Act & amended §213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

We demand our federal representatives pledge their commitment for FULL REPEAL of §9013 of the adopted 2010 Healthcare Reform Act & amended §213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Congress amended this section with harmful words by “striking 7.5% and inserting 10%”. (For regular income tax purposes, this is the threshold for the itemized deduction for unreimbursed medical expenses). Further, a temporary exclusion is found in §9013 to retain the threshold of 7.5% of AGI for 2013-2016 for a taxpayer or [taxpayer's] spouse attaining 65 before the close of the taxable year(s). This temporary exclusion expires January 1, 2017 (the threshold will increase to 10% of AGI) and has the potential to cost all taxpayers (and taxpayer spouses) age 65 or older thousands of dollars over their longevity.