State Efforts to Save Obamacare Stall

Governing: Immediately after Congress repealed the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in December, a handful of Democratic lawmakers in blue states pledged to enact their own requirements for residents to have health insurance.
But three months into most states’ legislative sessions, those promises have yet to be met.
In California and New York, two states widely expected to introduce (and pass) an individual mandate, legislation has yet to be introduced. In most of the six places where it has been brought to the table, bills are either stuck in committee or their passage is uncertain.

Governing: Immediately after Congress repealed the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in December, a handful of Democratic lawmakers in blue states pledged to enact their own requirements for residents to have health insurance.

But three months into most states’ legislative sessions, those promises have yet to be met.

In California and New York, two states widely expected to introduce (and pass) an individual mandate, legislation has yet to be introduced. In most of the six places where it has been brought to the table, bills are either stuck in committee or their passage is uncertain.

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