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Individual mandate a bad thing

The repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, would only drop 15 million to 16 million (not 25 million) from mandated insurance who shouldn’t be there anyway.

An individual mandate was added to the ACA to force individuals to buy insurance or pay a penalty. To force individuals to buy insurance just because they are living souls is against the Constitution. Freedom of choice!

Leonard Allen

Harbor Island

This story was originally published July 26, 2017 at 5:18 PM with the headline "Individual mandate a bad thing."

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