{"id":233,"date":"2012-06-25T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2012-06-25T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T22:22:00","slug":"eleven-alternatives-to-obamacares-individual-mandate-businessweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cmhughesmd.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Eleven Alternatives to Obamacare’s Individual Mandate – Businessweek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleven Alternatives to Obamacare’s Individual Mandate – Businessweek<\/a><\/p>\n

The short version:<\/i><\/p>\n

1. Relabel the mandate to escape the high court\u2019s scrutiny. Give people a tax credit if they do carry insurance, which is functionally the same as penalizing them if they don\u2019t. Sound like a sly evasion? It\u2019s essentially the approach advocated by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Increase subsidies, such as the law\u2019s existing set of tax credits for low-income Americans, to induce more people to sign up voluntarily. This would be along the lines of the enticements in Medicare Parts B (doctors\u2019 and outpatient services) and D (prescription drugs).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. Use government funds to compensate insurers for the cost of \u201cadverse selection,\u201d in which only sick people sign onto their plans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Have the government and\/or employers enroll people into health plans automatically, but with an option to drop insurance. Count on inertia and procrastination to keep them in the system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5. Require people who go without insurance to sign a form acknowledging that they won\u2019t be able to get back in for five years, even if they have an accident or contract a costly disease and want to get covered right away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

6. Leave it to the 50 states to enact their own mandates under state law, which would not be subject to Supreme Court review.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

7. Penalize people who delay enrolling. Charge them more or strip them of the right to buy insurance at a standard rate regardless of preexisting conditions. There\u2019s a precedent in Medicare: People who enroll in Medicare Part B after age 65 pay a 10 percent penalty on their Part B premium unless they have employer-provided health insurance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are more, but these are the more reasonable ones…<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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