Senate GOP tax bill will include repeal of ObamaCare mandate

[turbinetree]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday that the Senate tax bill will include language to repeal ObamaCare’s individual mandate, which could make it tougher for moderate Republicans to support.

Conservatives led by GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) pushed hard to include the provision, which would eliminate the federal penalty on people who do not buy health insurance. President Trump has also pushed for the provision to be part of the tax bill.

McConnell told reporters that adding the individual mandate repeal will make it easier to muster 50 votes to pass the bill.

“We’re optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful and that’s obviously the view of the Senate Finance Committee Republicans as well,” McConnell said.

It will raise an estimated $300 billion to $400 billion over the next year that could be used to pay for lowering individual and business tax rates even further.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360327-thune-senate-tax-bill-will-include-repeal-of-obamacare-mandate


*****So what is Heller, Murkowski and Collins going to do......................? Twiddle there collective thumbs?******


Now that the republicans are trying to muddy the tax bill, they think that they can still go around and tell everyone they are going to give a tax break and do this--------------------I got a bridge

So for all of the republican trolls that come to this site---------------------if you get sick and have to file bankruptcy because you can't afford health insurance and this crew gives you a 50 a month tax break, and since they want to remove the medical deduction from this bill and you can not write the medical bill off, who are you going to blame, that 50 dollars doesn't mean a thing----------------------- we have been warning you for years ---------------your out of pocket expenses are going up......................


Call Congress-----------------this outrageous

House and Senate Switchboard phone information) [phone]

[BigmanPigman]

1. That number is on every one of my 11 protest signs.

Over 400 calls so far...thankfully Verizon offered me unlimited log distance.

I am on this one too. I will call the same 12 that are on the ACA lists from the past few votes in the Senate. I use fake addresses from houses listed on Zillow to be considered a constituent by the staffers on the phones. It works and is fast/easy.

[Marthe48]

2. Way clever!

Thanks!