Administration Backs Off Demand That Individual Mandate Repeal Ride With Tax Reform

By Ariel Cohen / November 20, 2017 at 2:11 PM
White House advisors are backing off demands that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate be part of the final Republican tax bill, as several members of the Trump administration said on Sunday that while including the repeal is the preferable, they don’t want another Obamacare fight to hamper tax reform. The version of the GOP tax bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee last week includes an effective repeal of the individual mandate, but the House tax...


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