Health Groups Balk at Obamacare Being Dragged Into Tax Debate
GOP May Add ACA Individual Mandate Repeal to Tax Bill
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Some of America’s biggest health care players aren’t happy about being dragged into the debate over the Republican tax overhaul plan.
A GOP proposal to eliminate Obamacare’s requirement that every American obtain health-care coverage or pay a fine is estimated to save $338 billion over a decade. It would also destabilize the individual insurance market in Obamacare, the major lobbying groups for insurers, hospitals and doctors said in a letter to Congressional leaders Tuesday.