Insurance Implications From The Appoval Of The Affordable Care Act
INSURANCE IMPLICATIONS FROM THE APPROVAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT What happens in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision? The mandate stands. By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the core of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The law’s most controversial provision will stand – the mandate requiring every American citizen to buy individual health insurance coverage.1 The court made a key distinction, interpreting that mandate not as a directive but as a tax. “The federal government [...]