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This bill — the Save American Workers Act of 2018 — would repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, commonly known as Obamacare). It’d then replace the 30-hour threshold with a 40-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee. It contains the legislative text of four related bills — including legislation to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate and the so-called “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans, and repeal the tanning tax — summaries of which can be found below.

Save American Workers Act of 2017

This section of the bill would change the definition of “full-time employee” for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health coverage under the ACA. It would raise the average number of hours a “full-time employee” must work to meet that threshold from an average of 30 hours a week to an average of 40 hours a week.

Employer Relief Act of 2018

This section of the bill would suspend the employer mandate to provide health insurance coverage until January 1, 2019. It would also amend the ACA to delay the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (commonly referred to as the “Cadillac tax”) until after December 31, 2020.

Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2017

This section of the bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services.

H.R. 6718

This section of the bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that health insurance coverage statements are required to be provided to individuals only upon request.

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