We could not eliminate the legal mandate to buy health insurance, which was the individual mandate under Obamacare. So you know what we did? We made the penalty zero. So you used to be. The IRS fined you. If you didn't buy health insurance, the IRS would find you. It is still the law. You're required to buy health insurance. If you don't, you will be fined $0. We did the same thing to CAFE standards so they could put their standards out. (42:00–42:06)
CLAIM
Asserts that the IRS fines individuals for not buying health insurance, and this is still the law.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
