• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “but since in the US you have to have insurance”.

    Ohhhh i didnt know it was mandatory! That must mean everyone in the US can afford insurance. We did it patrick.

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      3 months ago

      When the aca was passed, insurance was mandatory. Sorry i forgot that the gop tax bill in 2017 repealed the individual mandate penalty. Some states still do have a penalty for being uninsured.

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        3 months ago

        The penalty wasn’t close to making it mandatory. It was still cheaper for people to pay $900 out of their tax refund than to buy “affordable” $300-600/month insurance with a $2-8K deductible. Lots of people opted for the penalty.