[kik5150]

The bit about the mandate is a lying canard

Without the mandate there is no way to pay for pre-existing conditions.
People can just wait until they get sick to get covered.

[Jim Robinson]

Ok, I’ll look at it again, but I thought that was not in there.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Or people can become takers and be covered. They will not have to wait to become sick.

[BuckeyeTexan]

All major carriers allowed pre-existing conditions during annual open enrollment long before Obama ever declared his candidacy for POTUS.

The individual mandate is a failure. It hasn’t brought in enough people into the insurance pools to cover the higher costs that Obamacare has driven up.