Millions Opt to Pay Fine, Refuse to Buy Health Insurance Mikael Thalen Posted on January 5, 2016 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Economic Crisis A massive total of roughly 7.5 million Americans chose to pay the fine rather than buy insurance in 2014. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email