Schumer: Democrats won't help pass ObamaCare payments if tied to tax bill
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 11/15/17 11:00 AM EST
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Wednesday that Democrats won't help pass a deal on key ObamaCare payments if Republicans use their tax plan to repeal the individual mandate.
"The Republican cannot expect to pass their own separate ideological health care provision and then turn around and ask Democrats to vote to pass Alexander-Murray," Schumer said from the Senate floor.
He added that any Republican senators who are willing to support repealing the mandate because they think the Senate will also pass an agreement by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are "wrong on the substance and wrong on the politics because it won't pass."
Senate Republicans unveiled their updated tax plan late Tuesday night including repealing ObamaCare's individual mandate, which requires that most Americans buy health insurance or face a tax penalty.
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