With the mandate having come and gone ... b Estimate reflects effects on enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA)–compliant individual-market plans only. c Estimate reflects effects on enrollment ...

When federal Judge Reed O’Connor effectively struck down the Affordable Care Act on Friday ... us due to the inclusion of the “individual mandate” which required all Americans to purchase ...

The idea of the individual mandate is to have both healthy and unhealthy people contribute to the cost of health insurance. When more people pay in, it helps to balance costs and make insurance more ...

Austin, Texas — A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law Thursday that requires most ...

Jonathan Gruber finds that no alternative to the individual mandate can cover more than two-thirds as many uninsured as the Affordable Care Act does. A central pillar of the recently enacted ...

A federal judge in Texas said Thursday that some Affordable Care Act mandates cannot be enforced nationwide, including those that require insurers to cover a wide array of preventive care services ...

Donald Trump isn’t trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but his tax bill would quietly fulfill the GOP’s long-term plan to gut the health plan.

Many experts now view the individual mandate as a policy that did little to increase health coverage — but did a lot to invite political backlash. By Sarah Kliff The Affordable Care Act has ...

They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs ...

The Affordable Care Act’s preventive-care mandate embodies a commitment to a healthier, more equitable society. It ensures that no one is denied essential care due to financial constraints or ...

The lawyer for the businesses and individuals challenging the Affordable Care Act mandate argued that the administration is overplaying the harms that would occur if O’Connor’s ruling was not ...

The Affordable Care Act – Industry Benefits and Deficits Soar ... The Obama administration also provided significant relief from the employer mandate penalties for the first two years.