Individual Mandate Elimination: A Change on the Affordable Care Act

Individual Mandate Elimination
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Individual Mandate Elimination
Among the leading changes made to the Affordable Care Act during the Trump Administration was eliminating the individual mandate. This concept refers to the requirement that all US citizens either have health insurance or pay the penalty. Hence, all citizens lacking insurance coverages either from their companies or other sources, and those who are not eligible for Medicare and Medicaid need to get coverage (Healthcare Management, 2020). Failure to do so could result in a penalty on their taxes. The mandate’s central focus was to help keep the ACA’s policies premiums low by ensuring that healthi...