- President Donald Trump tweeted that the GOP tax bill should include a repeal of Obamacare's penalty for not having insurance.
- This would likely lead to a destabilization of the individual insurance market, but also save the government money.
President Donald Trump offered a policy suggestion to congressional Republicans via Twitter on Wednesday, suggesting the forthcoming GOP tax bill should include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.
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The tweets also come as the open enrollment period beings for Obamacare, during which people without coverage through an employer or a government program like Medicaid or Medicare can access health insurance.
Whether the tax bill will include a repeal of the mandate remains to be seen. The roll out of the bill was pushed back by House GOP tax writers from Wednesday to Thursday due to disagreement on some key elements of the plan.