GOP calls hearing on ObamaCare tax season

The House Oversight Committee has scheduled a hearing for next week to examine the intersection of ObamaCare and tax season, teeing up a tense battle between the administration and the GOP.

The committee announced its hearing Friday, hours after the administration revealed a major glitch in which 800,000 people received the wrong tax forms and were asked to delay their filings.

The hearing — described as an update to this year’s ObamaCare enrollment period — will be held by the Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits, and Administrative Rules. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a longtime ObamaCare opponent, will lead the hearing.

The session will focus on how ObamaCare “has progressed after its second year of open enrollment” as well as the ways that the law’s penalties “may impact an individual or family,” according to a committee statement.

The tax glitch provided new ammunition for Republicans, who continue to argue that the healthcare law is fatally flawed.

Administration officials stressed that the vast majority of HealthCare.gov customers received the correct forms, and White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the issue impacted “a very small fraction of people.”