The Individual Mandate Could Be Coming B...

It looks as if California will be reinstating the Individual Mandate. Earlier this year, identical bills were brought to the California Senate and Assembly calling for all Californians to have health insurance coverage by 2020 or pay a tax penalty. These were brought forward to reverse the repeal by Congress of the federal order that was a part of the Affordable Care Act. Since the Affordable Care Act came into effect, California’s uninsured rate dropped from 20% to 7%. “I don’t see a very rosy picture of what is happening now that the (federal) mandate is gone,” said...