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Trump’s Tax Win Came With a Health-Care Trap He Couldn’t Spin Away
The White House was still celebrating the new tax law on December 26, but the bill’s other half was hanging over the victory photo like a storm cloud. Republicans had paired the corporate tax cut with the repeal of the individual mandate, a change that was expected to push more people out of insurance markets and raise future premiums. Trump sold the package as an economic jolt, but critics saw a familiar pattern: a huge gift to the top end wrapped around a policy booby trap for everyone else.