Overview

• During the vice presidential debate, Tim Walz advocated for reinstating the Obamacare individual mandate tax.
• The individual mandate tax, repealed in 2017, imposed penalties ranging from $695 to $2,085 for not having health insurance.
• In 2017, 74% of households affected by the tax earned less than $50,000 annually.
• 153,140 Pennsylvania households faced the tax before its repeal, along with millions of others nationwide.
• Critics argue that reinstating the tax would burden middle-class Americans, violating Harris's tax pledge.