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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, was critical of the Republican tax reform plan on Wednesday. The legislation in the House and Senate carries high political stakes for President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage of tax cuts as critical to the GOP's success at the polls next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Healthcare

Healthcare fight consumes Senate tax debate

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The individual mandate hasn't compelled nearly as many people to enroll as analysts once expected. Roughly 24 million people were expected to buy insurance through Obamacare's exchanges by 2017. In reality, barely 10 million were enrolled as of this March. (iStock)
Beltway Confidential

There’s no reason for Congress not to repeal the individual mandate in tax reform

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Repealing the Obamacare individual mandate as part of tax reform appeases conservative senators, but its other lawmakers -- like Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. -- that need appeasing. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Beltway Confidential

Putting individual mandate repeal in the tax reform bill only complicates the GOP’s efforts

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A group of former Obama administration officials created a new Obamacare enrollment group they say will counteract the Trump administration's cutbacks in outreach. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)
Beltway Confidential

The individual mandate belongs in the trash heap

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Six-and-a-half million people paid a penalty averaging $470 for not purchasing health insurance, and they would be clearly better off if those penalties were eliminated. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Beltway Confidential

Stop saying 13 million people will lose coverage if the individual mandate is repealed

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Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., brokered a bipartisan deal that would fund Obamacare insurer payments for two years in exchange for more flexibility for states to waive the law's regulations. But Senate Republicans crafting tax reform legislation have put that deal in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Healthcare

Democrats mum on abandoning Alexander-Murray if GOP guts Obamacare individual mandate

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Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch recessed the panel, promising an amended bill later Tuesday, although he did not say when it might come. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Finance committee halts work to fix Senate tax bill’s budget problems

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CBO: Republican tax bill would result in cuts to Medicare, other programs
Economy

CBO: Republican tax bill would result in cuts to Medicare, other programs

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The CBO projected on Wednesday that 4 million people would go without insurance next year if the mandate were repealed. (iStock)
Healthcare

CBO: Repealing individual mandate would save $338 billion, increase uninsured by 13 million

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The estimates do not take into account the offsetting revenue that could be raised if the bill passed as a result of stronger economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics

CBO: Republican tax bill would add $1.7 trillion to deficits

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