Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal<br />WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s requirement<br />that most people have health insurance in a sprawling overhaul of the tax code, merging the fight over health care with the high-stakes effort to cut taxes.<br />Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Republican leadership who also serves on the Finance Committee,<br />said the savings from repealing the mandate would be “distributed in the form of middle-income tax relief.”<br />Mr. Thune said he was confident that the tax plan, with the mandate repeal as part of it, had the necessary support to pass the Senate<br />Because getting rid of the mandate would lead to a decline in the number of people with<br />health coverage, the government would spend less money on subsidized health plans.
