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Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:46 PM Jun 2017

Some Republicans are willing to keep the ACA tax on investment income

From the WSJ

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The new fights revolved around a group of Republicans who said they were open to preserving the Affordable Care Act’s 3.8% tax on investment income, and a Congressional Budget Office report on the bill that said the government would spend 35% less on Medicaid in 2036 than under the Affordable Care Act, likely forcing states to take steps to curb the program.

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The tax position cuts to the heart of longstanding Republican orthodoxy in opposition to such taxes, and conservative senators quickly condemned the idea. GOP Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Marco Rubio of Florida said they were open to it.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-clash-again-over-senate-health-care-bill-1498774952?tesla=y

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