As expected, the health reform bill passed by the House also includes a religious exemption from the mandate requiring individuals to purchase insurance. Page 300 notes that any individual qualifying for an exemption under 1402(g) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code may receive the exemption. That section reads:
Any individual may file an application…for an exemption from the tax imposed by this chapter if he is a. member of a recognized religious sect or division thereof and is an adherent of established tenets or teachings of such sect or division by reason of which he is conscientiously opposed to acceptance of the benefits of any private or public insurance which makes payments in the event of death, disability, old-age, or retirement or makes payments toward the cost of, or provides services for, medical care
Via Religion Clause.
