IRS: Agents Won't Be Enforcers of Obamacare Mandate - U.S. Election 2012 - CNBC

IRS: Agents Won't Be Enforcers of Obamacare Mandate - U.S. Election 2012 - CNBC

The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday assured congressional lawmakers that agents would play no role in enforcing the controversial requirement that Americans buy insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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"IRS revenue agents will not be involved. There will not be audits," IRS Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller told a subcommittee of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.