Congress Poised To Send Individual Mandate Repeal To Trump’s Desk

Updated Story Following a final House vote Wednesday morning, Congress sent a slightly tweaked version of the GOP tax reform deal to the president’s desk, in the process handing the Trump administration a first victory in its effort to gut the Affordable Care Act. The tax bill effectively repeals the ACA's individual mandate in 2019. The sweeping tax bill also sets the income threshold for a medical expense tax deduction at 7.5 percent through 2019 before reverting...