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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans). </p> <p>The bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the revenue loss resulting from the repeal of such excise tax should be offset by corresponding revenue. </p>]]></text>
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