CNNW Early Start With Christine Romans And Dave Briggs December 21, 2017
It is true the tax bill may destabilize obamacare by reducing the incentive for young, Healthy People to buy insurance. The Congressional Budget Office has said repealing just the individual mandate will likely raise premiums to help cover older, sicker people. But it will also save the government money as people drop out of the subsidized obamacare marketplaces. Now, by admitting the tax bill was a vehicle for hurting obamacare, the president may have also handed democrats a powerful talking point for 2018. None of that got in the way of the republicans big celebration yesterday. Something th...