Quote (thundercock @ Mar 13 2017 08:19pm)
CBO and JCT estimate that, in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the legislation than under current law. Most of that increase would stem from repealing the penalties associated with the individual mandate. Some of those people would choose not to have insurance because they chose to be covered by insurance under current law only to avoid paying the penalties, and some people would forgo insurance in response to higher premiums.
Why should we care about people who make bad choices?
Probably because there's still the preexisting condition clause meaning you can abuse the system into non existence.
Also, there's the whole Christian idea that you are your brothers keeper, and the poor are worth protecting.