Individual mandate targeted in Senate tax reform bill

Republican Senators are considering a repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual insurance mandate as part of their tax reform proposal. The news was first reported by several mainstream media outlets and subsequently confirmed by multiple senators including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

If the lawmakers do include the repeal as expected, it would mark another major departure from the House's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), which made no mention of the individual mandate in its plan (see BioCentury Extra, Nov. 10). ...