White House would ditch attack on Obamacare in order to pass tax bill

[umbertino]

 

Budget director says ‘we’re OK’ with dropping provision of Republican tax reform that would also repeal healthcare mandate, if it becomes roadblock

 

Lois Beckett in New York

Sunday 19 November 2017 16.54 GMT

 

 

 

Mick Mulvaney: ‘If it becomes an impediment to getting the best tax bill we can, we’re OK with taking it out.’

Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/19/tax-reform-republicans-obamacare-mandate-repeal-sacrifice

[Sage449]

How about passing a law/change without a load of pork or non-related crap attached. Bridges to nowhere......

Or reading it and knowing what ya want to pass?

[Muleslayer]

Regan wanted the line item veto.

did he get it?

hell no.

[nstoolman1]

They don't understand that it would be better tax reform if they left that part in.

The IRS has no business in the health care business. 

He**, the Feds don!t either. 

[new york kevin]

Likely they put it in there with full knowledge it would become a bargaining chip in this big game. A huge chip, so if the take it out now in order to get the tax overhaul Trump and crew aren't really giving away anything they care about.  ACA is still imploding under the weight of its immense bureaucracy. Its death will be a smidge faster since the illegal subsidies to the huge to big to fail insurance companies was cut. Pass tax reform. Then pickup health care reform in the coming spring or summer . If the economic benefits of the tax reform starts kicking in before then at all , next to the ever unaffordable Obama Care Act, and the variety of affordable health care exchanges already popping up around the country. They may have the legal grease to get health care reform passed then.