Senate plans to end Obamacare mandate to make room for tax cuts - NY Times

"Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most people have health insurance in a sprawling overhaul of the tax code, merging the fight over health care with the high-stakes effort to cut taxes," the NY Times explained in a recent article. 

"Eliminating the mandate would free up more than $300 billion over a decade that could go toward tax cuts, according to the Congressional Budget Office," the NY Times wrote.