Obamacare individual mandate News

Obama Exempts Canceled Policyholders from Individual Mandate

Americans whose health plans are being canceled because their coverage doesn’t meet Obamacare rules will be exempt from the mandate that they carry insurance, under a change announced by the Obama administration. Officials estimated the change will affect fewer than …

West Virginia Senator Manchin Bucks Democrats, Backs Health Mandate Delay

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia broke ranks with fellow Democrats and said he’d support a stopgap spending plan that delays the individual mandate in President Barack Obama’s health-care law. “There’s no way I could not vote for it,” …

Republicans Press for Delay in Obamacare Individual Mandate

Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called this week for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance. If the White House can grant a one-year delay for …