What Is the Individual Mandate?

If I say the words to you, "Individual mandate," what that does mean?

"Individual mandate." To me, that's telling me that I'll be in charge of my health care, or I got that wrong?

What if I say individual mandate, what does that mean?

I have no idea.

Do you know what's the individual mandate mean?

That I'm not exactly sure. What do you think?

We don't know either, I'm sorry.

There's changes that are going to happen in healthcare laws starting January 1st, 2014 and they are?...

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What is to your knowledge the individual mandate? So what does the individual mandate mean?

Oh, so the individual mandate kind of requires that all individuals like have health care and if not, they pay a tax penalty.