Of course he thinks that - the whole concept is based on forcing everyone to buy insurance so the pool is as big as it can possibly be. Allowing people to opt out with a penalty defeats the intention, so since they can’t literally force people to buy they will make the penalties so onerous they will have no choice.
its only for the workers and the people that have a stake in this country...not for the freeloaders and the illegals...
In the private marketplace, if you make too much money to get a subsidy, a family of four might be paying over 10K a year for a crappy policy with a deductible of 10K or more. So they’re roughly out of pocket 20K before they see a nickel of benefits.
What are they going to make the tax? 25K a year? (SCOTUS ruled it was a tax, not a penalty, so we can’t let these weasels get away with the misnomer).
At a certain breaking point, people will purposely reduce their income so they can qualify for subsidies. They’ll have much more money left in their pockets if you do.
Or you will just have non-compliance. They won’t buy a policy nor pay the penalty. What’s the IRS going to do if millions decide not to comply?