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Not to have a tax penalty. Also the privilege to be told no. There are people literally dying to have insurance that will also tell them no
There hasn't been a tax penalty in the US for not having insurance for years now.
Huh. They ask all kinds of questions about it still.. but im really just running off of what my mom told me when i first started filing lol
It seems some states do impose a tax but it was struck down at the federal level.
It's also designed to keep people dependent on their employers. You land a salaries position at a company that provides one of the few decent healthcare plans in the US, and suddenly you'll put up with a lot of shit to keep that job...