States and payors are considering several options to encourage health insurance enrollment if the individual mandate is nixed from the healthcare law. One option is establishing a state-run individual mandate that requires enrollment or assesses a fine.
Another option is penalizing people who delay purchasing coverage or limiting insurance enrollment periods — as Massachusetts did — to discourage people from buying insurance only when needed. In addition, states could require employers to automatically enroll their employees unless they opt out.
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