Turning the screw...

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And of course it's only going to turn one way:

Health Insurers to Obama: Make Obamacare's Individual Mandate Stronger - Forbes

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"Now that President Obama has been reelected, and Obamacare’s imposition is assured, people are starting to pay attention to this problem. “Now that the mandate is here to stay, insurance companies and some policy experts say [that additional measures] should go hand in hand with the coverage requirement.”

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Nather reports, has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to unilaterally impose late enrollment fees on those who don’t sign up within a given time frame, along with other penalties, such as barring late enrollers from fully benefiting from the law’s pre-existing condition provision, and preventing them from opting into the most generous insurance plans.

BCBS isn’t alone in advocating a “mandate plus.” According to Nather, the National Association of Health Underwriters, and the American Academy of Actuaries, agree that the individual mandate ought to be strengthened."

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