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Old 07-09-2019, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Marathon Man View Post
Still wrong. From Heathcare.gov:

For plan years through 2018, if you can afford health insurance but choose not to buy it, you may pay a fee called the individual Shared Responsibility Payment when you file your federal taxes. (The fee is sometimes called the "penalty," "fine," or "individual mandate.")

It was never against the law. You could choose to pay the fee, which no longer exists.
Maybe just semantics, but the actual ACA law calls it a "penalty", which, by definition, is a punishment for breaking a law.