Health Insurance Tax (HIT)

Woman visiting the doctor

The health insurance industry faced several unique threats as the result of health care reform around the passage of the Affordable Care Act. One of the highest priority issues was related to the government’s ability to charge new annual fees on insurance companies for the health insurance premiums they provide.  

Our team worked with business leaders, political advocates, and health insurance professionals to stop the implementation of the Health Insurance Tax (HIT). The Health Insurance Tax was a proposed surcharge on health insurance premiums that formed into the threat of a multi-billion dollar tax imposed on workers, seniors, small businesses, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Results

Progress was benchmarked by weekly field reports, and the list of bill co-sponsors (to repeal the HIT) was also tracked in real-time, as were member responses from stakeholder contacts. Our efforts, combined with the impact of the stakeholders and advocates we recruited, helped bring new members of Congress into the fold and supported repealing the Health Insurance Tax altogether. Our efforts displayed the wide-ranging impact of the Health Insurance Tax on businesses, small business owners, and a number of sectors. 

As a result of persistent efforts, new sponsors of the bill to repeal the Health Insurance Tax were secured from both parties. Bipartisan efforts led to a final repeal of the Health Insurance Tax in Congress in late 2019.  

Co-sponsors Secured: 

  • Iowa Rep: Cindy Axne (D) 
  • Colorado Rep: Scott Tipton (R) Doug Lamborn (R) 
  • Nevada Rep: Mark Amodei (R) 

Grasstops Engagement 

  • 28 Members of Congress Contacts 
  • 5 Earned Media Hits 
  • 25 Social Media Posts 
Strategic Elements 15 Years Activating Results logo

Let’s Get To Work!

Fill out this field
Please enter a valid email address.
Fill out this field