Trump open to dropping healthcare provision in Senate tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -  U.S. President Donald Trump  would not insist on including repeal of an Obama-era health insurance mandate in a bill intended to enact the biggest overhaul of the tax code since the 1980s  a senior White House aide said on Sunday.
 U.S. President Donald Trump  speaks about  his  recent trip to Asia in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington  U.S.  November 15  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Getting rid of the so-called individual mandate is one of Republican  Trump ’s main goals. He campaigned for president last year on a promise to repeal and replace his Democratic predecessor’s 2010 Affordable Care Act  commonly called Obamacare  but Congress has so far not agreed on how to do that.
Another top  Trump  administration official  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin  said the individual mandate was “not a bargaining chip” but said the White House would work with the Senate to get a tax bill passed this year.
Trump had urged lawmakers to add repeal of the mandate to the tax bill  writing on Twitter last week that the provision was “unfair” and “highly unpopular.” The next day  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did just that.
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 [TGT]speaks about  [TGT]  recent trip to Asia in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington  U.S.  November 15  2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Another top  [TGT]  administration official  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin  said the individual mandate was “not a bargaining chip” but said the White House would work with the Senate to get a tax bill passed this year.
[TGT] had urged lawmakers to add repeal of the mandate to the tax bill  writing on Twitter last week that the provision was “unfair” and “highly unpopular.” The next day  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did just that.