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After the Deluge: Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate


Austin Frakt


Government of the United States of America - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); Boston University - School of Medicine; Boston University - School of Public Health

Kevin Outterson


Boston University School of Law


Kaiser Health News, February 2011
Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No.p 11-20

Abstract:     
Two federal judges now tell us that the federal health law's individual mandate is unconstitutional. Three others disagree, and soon we will start to hear from appellate courts. But what if we put the legal arguments aside for the moment and focus on the real question: what happens to health reform if the individual mandate is ultimately struck down?

Number of Pages in PDF File: 2

Keywords: Affordable Health Care Act, Medicare, individual state mandate, free-riding on the insurance market

JEL Classification: I11, I18, I19, K32

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Date posted: June 21, 2011 ; Last revised: July 4, 2011

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Frakt, Austin and Outterson, Kevin, After the Deluge: Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate. Kaiser Health News, February 2011; Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No.p 11-20. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1838542

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Austin Frakt
Government of the United States of America - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
150 S. Huntington Ave (152H)
Boston, MA 02130
United States
Boston University - School of Medicine ( email )
Boston, MA 02118
United States
Boston University - School of Public Health ( email )
150 S. Huntington Ave (152H)
Boston, MA 02130
United States
Kevin Outterson (Contact Author)
Boston University School of Law ( email )
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
United States
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