Asked directly whether she can vote for the measure as written, Collins said, “I haven’t reached that conclusion yet.”

As of Monday, small employers looking to offer tax-free plans to cover workers’ insurance premiums and healthcare expenses will have to follow extensive new compliance rules.

Hours after House Republicans jubilantly passed their tax bill, their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee approved a far different version – one that postpones difficult questions as lawmakers rush to refashion much of the U.S. economy on a tight deadline.

As of Nov. 20, small employers looking to offer tax-free plans to cover workers’ insurance premiums and healthcare expenses will have to follow extensive new compliance rules.

Notices are scheduled to go out to employers by “late 2017” to instruct employers on how to process their mandated payments.

President Donald Trump delivered a pep talk to House Republicans as they were poised to pass a tax overhaul bill Thursday afternoon and argued them to next target government welfare programs.

A repeal of the ACA requirement in the Senate’s proposal doesn’t get the U.S. closer to much-needed market stability.

The plan released Tuesday night mixes two red-hot debates by adding a repeal of the Obamacare law’s individual mandate to their tax legislation.

Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.

Revisions to the Senate Republican’s tax-overhaul plan would create heftier upfront tax breaks for the middle class and small businesses -- and then wipe them off the books by 2026.