That is a promise republicans made when obamacare was passed and yes the mandate was repealed but there are still these looming costs, people just can't afford health care. >> if you get people out from under the individual mandate and they can move into the marketplace with high deductible health plans, you ease that burden. in tennessee, we had 122,000 families last year that paid the penalty for not purchasing an obamacare compliant plan. 100,000 of those families had income $50,000 a year or less. this is an incredible financial burden. our small business owners feel the same way and they ...