In the past, when evaluating tax proposals, neither theCongressionalBudget Office nor the Joint Committeeon Taxation were permitted to factor in the effect of economic growth on tax revenue.
Because the HAA harnesses the vast pool of money that is today distributed inefficiently through the tax break for employer-provided care, and then couples it with clever cost-control mechanisms, theCongressionalBudget Office and the Joint Committeeon Taxation have judged that the HAA will be revenue neutral or even revenue-enhancing within a few years.
TheCongressionalBudget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committeeon Taxation (JCT) estimate that the mandate alone, separate and apart from the other provisions in ObamaCare designed to induce people to buy insurance, will be responsible for bringing in 16 million newly insured about half of the total estimated number of newly insured.