There is the relevant discussion of just laws, of which Obamacare isn't. State laws on education may not be just either, and if not, they should be resisted.
The presumption is that this was a valid law that this woman (and over a hundred others, according to the article) broke and were assessed penalties.
Well, whether Obamacare is or isn’t a valid law, it’s the law and people will be assessed penalties. Should we not object if the state wanted to jail people if they couldn’t pay those penalties?
What I’m getting at is, should we only object to such a punishment for laws we don’t agree with, or should we just object to that punishment on grounds of principle? I think we can foresee that the government will probably abuse the power of arbitrarily jailing peaceful citizens for government-imposed debts, so why should we allow them that power?