CLAIM: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday defended the Obamacare individual mandate, saying that insurance plans would “collapse” without a penalty for Americans who opt out of buying health coverage.
FACT CHECK: False. The Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate was effectively repealed under former President Donald Trump, and in the past seven years, the lack of an individual mandate has not caused any market collapse.
Walz said that Republicans “fought tooth and nail” to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate to purchase health insurance.
Vance then asked Walz, “You think the individual mandate is a good idea?”
Walz responded, “I think the idea of making sure the risk pool is broad enough to
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