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Yes - and if you choose not to pay for health insurance, you get fined on your income taxes.

Don't pay your income taxes? Go to prison.

You don't get fined on your income taxes. That hasn't been the case since 2018, which was half a decade ago.

What punishment do you think is appropriate for someone who engages in willful tax fraud or evasion?

I guess that depends on state. https://www.coveredca.com/learning-center/tax-penalty-detail...

The tax enforcement of the federal mandate has not existed since 2018. Four states (and the District of Columbia) have mandates with financial penalties, though.

Rather than tax us, just print the money to pay the medical providers.

Failing that, nationalize the "healthcare" industry.

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