Nov 5, 2017
Paul Ryan: Repeal of ACA individual mandate "being discussed"

- Erica Pandey, author ofAxios Finish Line

Paul Ryan boasted Thursday morning about how confident he is in the GOP's new tax plan. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday that repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate as part of tax reform is currently on the table. The move, as Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace said, would reduce the impact of the bill on the deficit by about $400 billion. It could also completely destabilize the insurance market.