Individual Mandate Repeal Brings Back Health Care Chaos

Leading Senate Democrats are saying they won't advance the bipartisan market stabilization deal by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) if Republicans go through with repealing the individual mandate in the tax reform bill. The modified mark introduced late Tuesday would effectively repeal the mandate by zeroing out the penalty for non-coverage, with the resulting revenue estimated at $318 billion over 10 years. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor Wednesday (Nov. 15) to...