How the Senate’s revised bill punishes you for not having insurance, explained with a cartoon by Alvin Chang Jun 26, 2017, 11:20 AM PDT ...

But the idea of an individual health insurance mandate later appeared in two bills introduced by Republican lawmakers in 1993, according to the non-partisan research group ProCon.org.

Though 45 million Americans are uninsured, only 14.5 million Americans buy health insurance on their own. This is in large part due to the fact that the market for individual health insurance is ...

Without an individual mandate, the health insurance market is likely to break down due to the adverse selection problem, but such a mandate can place a considerable burden on some households. Thus ...

Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January.

Meanwhile, major insurance companies like Aetna and Humana have already announced that they won’t participate in the health exchange market for 2018.

New data from insurance company regulatory filings show that enrollment in the individual health insurance market declined significantly last year—by 10 percent, or 1.8 million people. Over the ...

Supporting The Individual Health Insurance Market Michael E. Chernew Christopher Barbey August 7, 2017 10.1377/forefront.20170807.061419 Add to favorites ...

IF the Democrats capture the White House, keep the House and take over the Senate, no matter who they elect as President, this Biden health care outline, not Medicare for all, will likely be the ...

One reason: The repeal of the individual mandate, which required people to buy insurance or face penalties. The new tax law did away with that provision and eliminated penalties starting in 2019.