Mike Levin: “The current religious exemption from ACA mirrors other religious exemptions used in the Internal Revenue Code. The EACH…”

“The current religious exemption from ACA mirrors other religious exemptions used in the Internal Revenue Code. The EACH Act provides that anyone who ``is a member of a religious sect that relies solely on religious methods of healing and for whom medical care is inconsistent with religious beliefs'' can claim a religious exemption from the individual mandate requirement. As a step to maintain a narrowly defined religious exemption and meet concerns, this legislation is written more precisely than the previous bill that passed unanimously in this House. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”