AFT on Senate GOP Repealing the Individual Mandate in Their Tax Proposal

WASHINGTON—Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the news that Senate Republicans are likely to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate in their tax proposal:

“The Republican tax bills already take a hatchet to the middle class by raising their taxes and hurting their local services like public schools, police departments and fire departments. Now, on top of raising your taxes, they are taking away your family’s healthcare, to pay for tax cuts for the rich and corporations.”