What's sad is that for some reason you are defending the uninsured. Not sure why because you are conservative about other issues but have a real soft heart for people who don't carry insurance. I think it's just because ACA is an Obama program. If it were rolled out by President Mitt Romney in an alternate universe you'd be cool with it.
That's what he said. Can he? Probably not. It's a stupid theoretical argument that can only be made by someone who just want to argue. We, certain states, let people put up bonds for auto insurance and I'm ok if ACA allows that too. It'll be a small group of people that do so it won't have an effect on the overall program.