California Rep. Lungren's proposed health care law change gains momentum

McClatchy reports:

Months ago, when Republican Rep. Dan Lungren proposed the first major change to the new health care law, his idea fizzled.

He wanted to get rid of what he nicknamed the Universal Snitch Act: It's a provision in the law that would force businesses to report any transactions of more than $600 to the Internal Revenue Service.

Now his idea has picked up momentum: It is part of the new GOP Pledge to America, which House Republicans are promising to enact next year, and it won a key endorsement earlier this month from President Barack Obama.

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