“Does the bill actually repeal the individual mandate, or does it merely reduce the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance to $0?”
It sets it to $0. The individual mandate is still in effect, just with no penalty.
Bastards. They've created a back door route for a future Congress to resurrect the beast.
We shall see if removing this linchpin actually destroys ObamaCare. I'm not convinced that it will.
-—”It sets it to $0. The individual mandate is still in effect, just with no penalty.”
Doesn’t that seem to leave it as a “placeholder” for future use, no?
I suppose that’s the most they could do in order to get the whole thing passed?