Rick Nolan votes to fine Americans who lose their health insurance
Rick Nolan voted this afternoon against the Co-Op Consumer Protection Act, which would provide relief from Obamacare’s individual mandate penalty for people who lost their health insurance due to the failure of an Obamacare Co-op.
Under current law, individuals whose plans are cancelled midyear as a result of these failures are forced to either scramble to find a new insurance plan or face a fine. This bill is a narrowly tailored exception to Obamacare’s individual mandate that only applies in cases where a co-op fails mid-year, yet Nolan still opposes it, choosing ideology over aiding families who are losing health insurance through no fault of their own.
Nolan has remained a steadfast supporter of Obamacare, even as health care costs in Minnesota soar and health insurers pull out of exchanges across the country. In fact, at the recent 8th District debate, Nolan reiterated his support for going even further with a full, government takeover of health care, telling voters, “I , quite frankly, do favor a single-payer, universal system.”