Escape from Obamacare
Under Obamacare, young adults can buy a government-approved plan—with its mandated coverage of pediatric dental care, sterilization, and maternity care—and pay vastly inflated premiums relative to pre-Obamacare rates. Or they can simply go without insurance and pay the fine for violating Obamacare’s individual mandate—its unprecedented requirement that American citizens buy a product of the federal government’s choosing. If they pick the latter (more affordable) course, they’ll know they can always sign up for insurance during Obamacare’s next open enrollment period, no matter how sick or injured they might have gotten in the interim. Each of these choices is less appealing than the pre-Obamacare status quo.
But it turns out there’s a third choice.
