Last night, Senate Republicans announced they will attach a provision to their tax plan that would repeal the requirement that all Americans have health insurance.
Chris Pope has been a leading critic of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate—arguing that it “has done little to increase enrollment, to reduce insurance premiums, or to alleviate the burden of uncompensated care.”
Read select material on the individual mandate by Chris Pope:
- The Individual Mandate Is The Worst Tax Ever (WSJ, November 13)
- The Individual Mandate Is Unnecessary and Unfair (MI Issue Brief, October 25)
- The Case for Abolishing Obamacare's Individual Mandate (U.S. News, August 10)
Related materials:
- Senate GOP Adds Health-Care Twist to Tax Overhaul Plan (WSJ)
- Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal (NYT)
- Senate's GOP tax reform bill seeks repeal of Obamacare individual mandate (CNBC)
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Chris Pope is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the new report, “The Individual Mandate Is Unnecessary and Unfair.” Follow him on Twitter here.