The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that Congress has the authority to impose a tax on individuals who fail to own a minimum amount of health insurance starting in 2012 — and a health insurance professor says that might be a good thing.
The “individual mandate” provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) will require individuals with incomes over a certain level and no religious objections to have health coverage to have coverage or else pay a tax.