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1555 - Freedom Not to Participate in Federal Health Insurance Programs

 
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Provides that no individual, company, business, nonprofit entity or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created or expanded by the ACA. Specifies that there will not be a fine imposed upon any issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs.

#Employer Mandate, #Individual Mandate

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No implementation activity has yet occurred.

Statutory Text

 
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SEC. 1555 [42 U.S.C. 18115]. FREEDOM NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.
No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health
insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage
shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance
program created under this Act (or any amendments made by
this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by
this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty
or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate
in such programs.

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