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The Senate will include repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate in its final tax bill.
The individual mandate is Obamacare’s requirement that every American enroll in health insurance or be fined.
According to the most recent IRS reports, 6.2 million tax filers chose to pay the tax penalty rather than buy Obamacare insurance, 12.7 million tax filers obtained an exemption from the mandate, and 4.3 million tax filers omitted their health insurance status on their tax return.
In total, 23.2 million tax filers paid the fine, obtained an exception, or simply ignored the individual mandate.
Read the source article on repealing the individual mandate by Marie FishpawDirector, Edmund F. Haislmaier, and Whitney Jones at The Heritage Foundation