Uninsured Oklahoma residents would receive reimbursement for the tax penalty federally imposed under a bill proposed by Republican State Representative Jon Echols.
The bill would allow Oklahoma residents to take a state tax credit if they are subject to the federal fine for being uninsured after the March 31, 2014 deadline, according to a Tulsa World report.
Approximately 73,000 Oklahoma residents would face a fine for failure to have health insurance in 2014. "I wanted to start a discussion as to what avenues the state of Oklahoma can take to push back on an overreaching government," said Rep. Echols, in a statement." All the state of Oklahoma would be doing is making its citizens whole by not taking their money."
The measure passed a House committee by a vote of 15-5.
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