If you folks think the
Patient Freedom Act, 2015/17 is far and away different from the good or bad components of ObamaCare (PPACA), then you haven't read the bill.
The individual mandate is still there; it just goes by another name, i.e., "default insurance coverage".
The tax penalty is still there; it's just delegated to the private insurance company who the state decides will cover you under a "default insurance plan" and passes that "tax penalty" on to the U.S. Treasury (IRS) as a "late fee" for up to 18-months at 10% your annual insurance rate or 1% of your monthly premium rate if you don't have insurance after 2-years.
Young adults under 26 can stay on their parent's insurance. That's good.
Those with pre-existing conditions will now have to go back to their respective state's high-risk pool and get insurance there. Premiums and deductibles for state high-risk pools were high before ObamaCare. They're sure to return to such high levels once the states get them back.
People who can't afford insurance or a state-sponsored health savings account (HSA) will still receive federal subsidies.
Medicaid will be expanded this time and federal block-grant funds will go towards the program...again. Only this time since the language of the bill isn't structured as "take it or else" the Supreme Court won't have a problem with the federal government "compelling" states to take the money this time.
There's more, but bottom line: If you thought the individual mandate and the tax penalty were going away, you were wrong! Or in the words of Malcomb X, "You've been had, banbuzzled, led astray, run amok..." This is ObamaCare by another name with far less words.
Oh...did I mention there are no pay-for's in this bill since all the taxes under ObamaCare are eliminated under this bill...that is, unless you include the penalties doctors, hospitals and other medical entities would be subjected to if they don't comply with this new law as outlined. (And you thought doctors were scared under ObamaCare...wait 'til they read this bill and see what the penalty is!)