Supreme Court May Void Individual Mandate, But Unlikely to Topple Obamacare

Supreme Court Issues Orders And Releases Opinions

Kevin Daley
November 10, 2020 4:20 PM

The Supreme Court may strike down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate but appears poised to uphold most of the law against a constitutional challenge from a coalition of red states backed by the Trump administration.

44% of Voters Believe Repealing Any Part of Obamacare Is a Good Start

51% of voters oppose the individual mandate

Ali Meyer
January 12, 2018 5:00 AM

Forty-four percent of registered voters want to get rid of Obamacare and believe that repealing any part of it is a good way to start, according to a Morning Consult poll.

Cotton Predicts Tax Bill’s Passage, Touts Provision Repealing Obamacare Individual Mandate

'We're going to have a good tax bill that pulls the heart out of Obamacare'

Charles Russell
December 12, 2017 1:30 PM

Murkowski Says She Supports Repealing Obamacare Individual Mandate

Senate Republican tax bill includes provision to repeal mandate

Andrew Kugle
November 22, 2017 11:55 AM

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Ala.) wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday that she supports Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare's individual mandate.

Cotton Calls for Repealing ‘Hated’ Obamacare Individual Mandate: It’s ‘Nothing More Than a Tax’ on Working Families

David Rutz
November 19, 2017 11:47 AM

Pro-Obamacare Group Targets Three GOP Senators on Tax Bill

Cameron Cawthorne
November 17, 2017 2:59 PM

A liberal coalition that supports Obamacare is targeting three Republican senators on the airwaves, urging them to vote against the GOP tax bill after they bucked their party's Senate vote to repeal Obamacare over the summer.

Washington Post Gives Schumer ‘Two Pinocchios’ for Misleading Claim About GOP Tax Plan

Cameron Cawthorne
November 16, 2017 9:56 AM

The Washington Post fact checker gave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) "two Pinocchios" for claiming Wednesday that the Senate Republican tax plan is "kicking 13 million people off health insurance to give tax cuts to the wealthy" by adding a repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate to the most recent version of the bill.

5.8 Million Uninsured Are Eligible For Cheaper Insurance But May Continue to Opt For Penalty Instead

Expert says many individuals would rather pay penalty than Obamacare's hefty cost-sharing

Ali Meyer
November 14, 2017 5:00 AM

There are 5.8 million uninsured individuals who could purchase an Obamacare plan for less than the cost of the penalty for not having health insurance, according to a report from Kaiser Family Foundation.

CBO: Repealing Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Would Reduce Deficit By $338 Billion

Expert says repealing Obamacare's mandate should be included in House and Senate tax reform proposals

Ali Meyer
November 10, 2017 4:25 PM

Repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate would reduce the federal deficit by $338 billion in the next decade, according to a projection from the Congressional Budget Office.

Obamacare Premiums in Some States Set to Rise by Double Digits Next Year

Enrollees in Virginia may see rate hikes as high as 81 percent

Ali Meyer
November 1, 2017 3:10 PM

Obamacare health insurance premiums in some states are expected to rise by double digits next year, according to data from the group Freedom Partners.