As part of the tax overhaul passed last year, the ACA penalty for not having health insurance was abolished. [T]he court finds the individual mandate is essential to and inseverable from the remainder of the ACA." Indeed, the individual mandate is an integral component of the law, because it facilitates pooling of risk and expands population-wide access. So, I won't weigh in on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. To those who wish to nix ACA and say the individual mandate is non-severable, be careful what you wish for.

Source: Forbes December 16, 2018 13:41 UTC