No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act (or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs.
Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1555124 Stat. 260 (, , .)
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Pub. L. 111–148124 Stat. 119 section 18001 of this titleThis Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.