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The Operation Of The Individual Mandate, Jeffrey H. Kahn
The Operation Of The Individual Mandate, Jeffrey H. Kahn
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In this article, Kahn describes the technical operation of omportion portions of the individual healthcare mandate, including the application of the penalty provision. Kahn finds that there are problems with the technical drafting of that provision and that serious gaps and ambiguities abound.
Free Rider: A Justification For Mandatory Medical Insurance Under Health Care Reform?, Jeffrey H. Kahn, Douglas A. Kahn
Free Rider: A Justification For Mandatory Medical Insurance Under Health Care Reform?, Jeffrey H. Kahn, Douglas A. Kahn
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Section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act added section 5000A to the Internal Revenue Code to require most individuals in the United States, beginning in the year 2014, to purchase an established minimum level of medical insurance. This requirement, which is enforced by a penalty imposed on those who fail to comply, is sometimes referred to as the “individual mandate.” The individual mandate is one element of a vast change to the provision of medical care that Congress implemented in 2010. The individual mandate has proved to be controversial and has been the subject of a number …