The individual mandate is arguably one of the least popular provisions of the Obamacare, the health reform law that was enacted in 2010. Obamacare has received considerable attention in the past few years because of rising health insurance premiums. The rising health insurance premiums were at the center of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections campaign. Following President Trump’s election, Republican lawmakers have moved swiftly to repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate. GOP senators are trying to repeal the individual mandate based on the argument that it would give them an extra $338 billion… Continue Reading...
their healthcare than consumers in some other countries?
Is Obamacare’s individual mandate unconstitutional?
Outline:
I. Abstract
II. Introduction
III. Body
A. Background and Overview
B. Pros of Obamacare / Advantages
C. Cons of Obamacare / Disadvantages
IV. Conclusion
The Future of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare
The future of Obamacare? Probably the same as its past:
A bit of a mess. – Ben Boychuk, 2014
Abstract
Signed into law by former President Barack Obama in March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), more commonly known as… Continue Reading...
would provide better care for the American people without having an individual mandate. Finally, the for-profit medical structure currently in the United States makes it difficult, if not impossible, to provide significant reform. These barriers make it seem unlikely that Obamacare will be repealed or replaced in the near future.
Perhaps the most significant barrier to repeal and replace is the fact that support for repeal and replace was based, in part, on people not understanding Obamacare. A large segment of the voting population that supported repeal and replace did not understand that Obamacare and the ACA were the same program.… Continue Reading...
there have recently been a number of legal challenges to undercut its provisions, most notably the individual mandate demanding all Americans have some sort of healthcare coverage or pay a penalty (with some exceptions).
But Florida, if anything, is even more committed to the provisions of the bill than ever before, given that the Department of Health and Human Services deemed that residents affected by Hurricane Irma located in a FEMA-approved disaster area would have an extended enrollment period until March 31, 2018 last year (Norris, 2018). As a result of Irma, the entire state was classified as eligible for assistance, due to weather-related effects (Norris,… Continue Reading...