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What happens if the individual mandate falls Apr 4th 2012, 19:44 If the individual mandate falls, the Washington health policy community is left with a difficult question: What policy, that isn't a tax penalty, could stand in its place? Some might say the question is moot. If the Supreme Court rules against the mandate, congressional Republicans will never permit the Obama administration to repair the battered law. But it might not be up to them. If the mandate is overturned but the rest of the law stands, many states might go looking for policy solutions to stabilize the health-care markets that they set up under the Affordable Care Act, but that are now missing the steadying influence of the mandate. And they'll probably start with a 2011 Government Accountability Office report that lays out nine alternatives to the individual mandate. Read full article >>

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