healthcare mandate

Compulsory insurance law

A healthcare mandate is a legal requirement that individuals obtain health insurance or that employers provide it.

The term gained prominence in debates over the Affordable Care Act, where the individual mandate required most Americans to carry coverage or pay a penalty.

Mandates may also require insurers to cover specific treatments or conditions: The state healthcare mandate includes mental health coverage.

insuranceContractual risk coverage
coverageExtent of inclusion
Affordable Care ActUS healthcare reform law
Obamacare2010 federal health law
penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing

employer · requirement · shared responsibility · individual · policy · pre-existing condition · premium · compliance · tax penalty · enrollment · law · reform · universal · compulsory · fine · exemption · federal · regulation

Opposites

compulsion vs. choice

healthcare mandateself-selection

Choosing one's own inclusion

voluntary participation · opt-out system · open enrollment

government intervention vs. free market

healthcare mandatehealth savings accounts

Tax-free medical expense funds

coverage requirement vs. no coverage

healthcare mandatecoverage gap

Uninsured interval within plan

Family

healthcare, health, healthy, healthful, healthier, healthiest, unhealthy, healthily, cared

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