Not according to a Freedom Caucus member who was just on Mark Levin's show. He said this DOES NOT do away with the individual mandate.
Repeal and DON'T replace!
“This bill repeals the taxes and the mandate. You can opt out of the whole thing and not pay a dime.
Not according to a Freedom Caucus member who was just on Mark Levin’s show. He said this DOES NOT do away with the individual mandate.”
That is my understanding as well. The individual mandate is now paid to insurance company if at some point you want insurance and went w/o continuous coverage for some period of time .. I’m thinking it was around 2-3 months ... somewhere in that range.
You’re right, WXRGina.
What’s more, this bill doesn’t even do what Obamacare 1.0 did on that count. The original Obamacare grandfathered in the existing Christian healthcare ministry programs. I got an urgent email from my program this week telling me that they aren’t covered in Obamacare 2.0.
So that major loophole for opting out is getting closed.
This bill is worse than 1.0.