Repealing the ACA's individual mandate would result in 7 million fewer insured Americans in 2025 but would reduce federal spending on financial assistance by $191 billion, American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who backs axing the mandate, told the House Ways and Means health subcommittee Tuesday. His numbers come from the think tank’s new microsimulation modeling of alternative policies to the individual mandate, which Holtz-Eakin calls “less of a mandate and more of a suggestion.” Holtz-Eakin listed five possible alternatives...
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