Enrollment went up after Obamacare’s individual mandate was repealedIt’s theoretically possible for a truly punitive individual mandate to work. But Obamacare’s individual mandate was too weak to have that effect. But enrollment in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges actually went up, from 10.3 million to 10.6 million. The misleading politics of pre-existing conditionsPolls show that Obamacare’s requirement that insurers offer coverage to everyone, regardless of pre-existing conditions, is popular. INVESTORS’ NOTE: The biggest publicly-traded health insurance companies include UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH), Anthem (NYSE:ANTM), Humana (NYSE:HUM), Molina (NYSE:MOH), and Centene (NYSE:CNC).

Source: Forbes December 16, 2018 13:45 UTC