Senate Tax Plan Will Include Repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate
Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch recently revised the Senate tax proposal to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. Recent revisions also made many of the tax cuts for individuals temporary. Corporate tax cuts remain permanent. These changes were made so that the tax proposal would comply with the Senate’s Bryd Rule, which prevents legislation that would increase the federal deficit beyond a ten-year term from being passed without Democratic support pursuant to the budget reconciliation process.
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