Does the Mandate Apply to You?
Posted in Employee Benefits
As I write this, the Supreme Court has heard arguments for and against certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the justices have cast their initial and nonbinding votes in a private chamber. Now they will debate each other and perhaps waiver in their views about the mandate, among other items. There is a sense, based upon the justice’s questions and the Solicitor General’s performance at the bench, that the individual mandate will be ruled unconstitutional. But for most Americans, and for my clients, the mandate question doesn’t even apply. Continue reading
