The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, one of the health reform law's most controversial provisions, would be overturned under recently introduced legislation, according to The New York Times.
The bill, titled the American Liberty Restoration Act, was introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Although similar legislation has been introduced before, this is the first time a bill seeking to overturn the individual mandate has been introduced by a Senate majority party, according to the report.
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