Health Insurance Mandates

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Commentary

Mar 21, 2012

What Happens Without Individual Mandate?

If the individual mandate were ruled unconstitutional, subsidies and the age structure of premiums should keep enough healthy people in the insurance exchanges to prevent huge spikes in premiums, write Carter C. Price and Christine Eibner.
Video

Feb 16, 2012

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The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance in the U.S.: Likely Effects of the Mandate's Potential Elimination

New RAND research finds that eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance exchanges. RAND Economist Christine Eibner discusses the ramifications with Jeffrey Hiday, RAND's Director of Media Relations.
Press

Feb 16, 2012

Ending Individual Mandate Would Cut Health Coverage, but Not Dramatically Hike Insurance Price

Eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance exchanges.
Research Summary

Feb 16, 2012

How Would Eliminating the Individual Mandate Affect Health Coverage and Premium Costs?

An analysis of the effects of implementing the Affordable Care Act without an individual mandate found that over 12 million people who would have otherwise signed up for coverage will be uninsured and premium prices will increase by 2.4 percent.
Research

Feb 16, 2012

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Enrollment and Premiums, With and Without the Individual Mandate

This analysis used a RAND microsimulation model to predict the effects of a possible Supreme Court decision invalidating the individual mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and keeping the rest of the law intact.
Press

Feb 8, 2012

Rules Allowing Small Businesses to Opt Out of Health Reform Should Have Minor Impact on Insurance Cost

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.
Press

Mar 25, 2011

Largest Study of High-Deductible Health Plans Finds Substantial Cost Savings, but Less Preventive Care

The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care.
Research

Jan 8, 2010

Require Individuals to Obtain Coverage

This document explores how requiring individuals to obtain health insurance (an individual mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
Research

Jan 8, 2010

Require Employers to Offer Coverage

This document explores how requiring employers to offer health insurance (an employer mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
Commentary

Sep 9, 2009

Finally, Presidential Support for the Individual Mandate

Among all the options in the leading Congressional health care reform bills, the individual mandate would do the most to increase insurance coverage, writes Elizabeth McGlynn.
Research

Aug 28, 2009

RAND COMPARE: Understanding the Effects of Health Care Reform from a National Perspective

Provides an overview of COMPARE and shows the estimated effect of four policies: employer mandates, Medicaid and SCHIP expansions, individual mandates, and refundable tax credits.

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What Happens Without Individual Mandate?

The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance in the U.S.: Likely Effects of the Mandate's Potential Elimination

Ending Individual Mandate Would Cut Health Coverage, but Not Dramatically Hike Insurance Price

How Would Eliminating the Individual Mandate Affect Health Coverage and Premium Costs?

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Enrollment and Premiums, With and Without the Individual Mandate

Rules Allowing Small Businesses to Opt Out of Health Reform Should Have Minor Impact on Insurance Cost

Largest Study of High-Deductible Health Plans Finds Substantial Cost Savings, but Less Preventive Care

Require Individuals to Obtain Coverage

Require Employers to Offer Coverage

Finally, Presidential Support for the Individual Mandate

RAND COMPARE: Understanding the Effects of Health Care Reform from a National Perspective

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Related Topics

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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What Happens Without Individual Mandate?

The Individual Mandate for Health Insurance in the U.S.: Likely Effects of the Mandate's Potential Elimination

Ending Individual Mandate Would Cut Health Coverage, but Not Dramatically Hike Insurance Price

How Would Eliminating the Individual Mandate Affect Health Coverage and Premium Costs?

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Enrollment and Premiums, With and Without the Individual Mandate

Rules Allowing Small Businesses to Opt Out of Health Reform Should Have Minor Impact on Insurance Cost

Largest Study of High-Deductible Health Plans Finds Substantial Cost Savings, but Less Preventive Care

Require Individuals to Obtain Coverage

Require Employers to Offer Coverage

Finally, Presidential Support for the Individual Mandate

RAND COMPARE: Understanding the Effects of Health Care Reform from a National Perspective

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