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More than one out of four, or 28 percent, of uninsured Americans say they are more likely to pay the individual mandate fine than buy insurance, according to a new Gallup poll. On the other hand, 63 percent of uninsured Americans plan on just getting insurance. What's fascinating, though not surprising, is how this decision splits along party lines. Uninsured Republicans are far more likely to prefer to go without insurance than uninsured independents or Democrats.

Surprisingly, uninsured young invincibles — people 30 years old or younger — are slightly more likely to get insurance (68 percent) than older people (60 percent). So, instead of saying that young people aren't signing up, it might be more accurate to say they haven't signed up yet. Older Americans, as well as those who lost their insurance during the recession, are more likely to sign up for insurance early because they're more motivated. As Politico noted last month, they were also much more likely to spend hours on the buggy federal exchange, which was previously blamed as the main deterrent for millennials. Healthy people, especially young people, are motivated by fines and deadlines, which don't come into play for a few months. And maybe some uninsured people think it might be nice to have health insurance.