Tax Reform To Repeal The Individual Mandate Tax

Knocking Over The ‘Central Pillar’ Of Obamacare

SEN. RON WYDEN (D-OR): “This is not just another garden variety attack on the Affordable Care Act; this is repeal of that law.” (“Tax Bill Thrown Into Uncertainty As First G.O.P. Senator Comes Out Against It,” The New York Times, 11/15/2017)

• REP. JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC): “The individual mandate is at the heart of the Affordable Care Act” (“Tax Bill Is Likely to Undo Health Insurance Mandate, Republicans Say,” The New York Times, 12/6/2017)

• SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-OH): “U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is fighting against efforts … repealing a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, known as the ‘individual mandate.’” (Sen. Brown, Press Release, 11/14/2017)

JAMES CAPRETTA, AEI: “…the individual mandate is the most important and also among the least popular provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Repealing it would be a major blow to the law and would represent a step toward fulfilling the GOP promise to repeal and replace the entirety of Obamacare.” (“Republicans Are Wrong About The Individual Mandate,” RealClearPolicy, 11/6/2017)

• BRAD WOODHOUSE, Former DNC Spokesman: “Make no mistake, repealing the individual mandate is tantamount to repealing the Affordable Care Act” (CNBC, 11/14/2017)

Repealing The Individual Mandate Tax: ‘A Tax Cut For Low-Income Americans’

SEN. McCONNELL: “[T]he Senate also voted to deliver relief to low- and middle-income Americans by repealing ObamaCare’s individual mandate tax. For too long, families have suffered under this unpopular and unfair tax imposed under an unworkable law.” (Sen. McConnell, Op-Ed, “Tax Reform: What’s in It for You,” The Wall Street Journal, 12/03/2017)

THE WASHINGTON POST: “Republicans are right: Slashing Obamacare’s requirement to buy health insurance amounts to a tax cut for low-income Americans….” (“The Health 202: Republicans Are Right. The Individual Mandate Is A Tax On The Poor.,” The Washington Post, 11/20/2017)

• “The thing is, Republicans are right, if you listen to the Supreme Court and the IRS. The high court ruled back in 2012 that the penalty for being uninsured is the same thing as a tax…. And the penalty is paid chiefly by lower- and middle-class Americans, according to the IRS. More than half the total penalty payments – 58 percent – come from people earning less than $50,000. Eighty-six percent is from people earning less than $100,000.” (“The Health 202: Republicans Are Right. The Individual Mandate Is A Tax On The Poor.,” The Washington Post, 11/20/2017)