Claim: "The IRS has been specifically forbidden ... from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don't purchase health insurance.
Fact-check: Lawrence O'Donnell says the IRS cannot pursue 'either civil or criminal remedies' for people who don't purchase health insurance
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Katie Sanders
Date published: 2013-10-25T00:00:00