So SIMPLE, It's Difficult

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R., KS) has introduced the SIMPLE (Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals) Fairness Act, which, perhaps unsurprisingly, is probably the most difficult thing to accomplish on Capitol Hill these days: suspension of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. 

It didn't take long for the Obama Administration to issue a statement against the bill, which included a veto threat. It also noted the following: 

The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 4118, the Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Equals Fairness Act, because the bill would increase health insurance premiums, decrease tax credits, increase the number of uninsured, and shift costs to businesses, workers, and health care providers. Rather than attempting once again to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which the House has tried to do approximately 50 times, it is time for the Congress to stop fighting old political battles and join the President in an agenda focused on providing greater economic opportunity and security for middle class families and all those working to get into the middle class. ...