Is President Trump going to stand for this? The do-nothing Congress should IMMEDIATELY pass the tax reform bill making it retroactive to 2016, declaring Obamacare penalties null and void.
Barring this action on the part of the patsies in Congress, Obama changed the Obamacare rules several times by executive order, so President Trump should do the same.
How about a contrary perspective. The ACA was a law passed by congress and signed by Obama. If we are a nation of laws, they must be followed. I believe it was Obama that told the IRS not to enforce the penalty (or tax, or whatever you want to call it) for political reasons. Now under Trump, the administration is just upholding thew law.
I think if the people of this country voted the democrats in that got this law passed, and they don't like the ramifications of having to pay the penalty, "F" them until they vote the democrats out.
That said, some of the democrats were voted out, and the republicans said they would repeal and replace Obamacare. Well, they haven't done it. So now its up to the obstructionist republicans to be primaried.