A leading official in the U.S. House of Representatives has expressed some concern as to how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be paid for when its next round of mandates go into effect in January 2014.
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House oversight committee, recently stated that he's unclear how the funds will be gathered and put into motion to effectuate the ACA, citing inconsistencies that were recently published in a memo from the Congressional Research Service.
Issa, along with other members of the oversight committee, indicate that health officials want additional revenue from sources outside of the Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund, which the Congress mandated, the Washington Times reports. But to go further than this prescribed fund would be illegal.
"It appears that your plans to use funds outside of the HIRIF to finance implementation of the [healthcare bill] are inconsistent with the law," said Issa.
Confusion appears to be a theme with the ACA, as polling data suggests this among business owners and workers who get employee benefits.
According to a recent poll conducted by Research Now, nearly three in every four workers says they have never heard of the phrase "consumer-driven healthcare," and only 13 percent of business owners think the healthcare law is important enough to make their employees more aware of through a formal education program.
