Democrats spin GOP’s Obamacare strategy as an attack on middle class

By Susan Ferrechio

Published November 14, 2017 9:58pm ET

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Democrats spin GOP’s Obamacare strategy as an attack on middle class — "Tens of millions of middle class families will pay higher taxes under the GOP tax scam, and now Republicans want to force them to pay higher health premiums too," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner) | Graeme Jennings/Washington Exami

Democrats on Tuesday found a new way to argue that the GOP tax bill will hurt the middle class when Republicans announced their legislation would eliminate Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty.

Republicans said the penalty is hurting lower-income earners who cannot afford the rising price of insurance premiums and are then forced to pay what the Supreme Court has said is an Obamacare “tax.”

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Affordable Care Act Chuck Schumer Congress Dianne Feinstein Nancy Pelosi Ron Wyden Susan Ferrechio Tax Reform Taxes