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Affordable Care Act's Future Uncertain After GOP Individual Mandate Repeal

NPR
Published December 21, 2017 at 12:06 PM EST
President Trump hosts an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Trump hosts an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Now that Republicans in Congress have eliminated the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act through their tax code overhaul, the future of Obamacare is uncertain.

Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins speaks with Julie Rovner (@jrovner), chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News.

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