I know proponents of Obamacare like to throw that number around, but that was the main point of the tax penalty for not having insurance. The mandate artificially increases the number of insured so those people who would otherwise opt out essentially had to get insurance. Now does that mean all 20 million are in that category? No, but a good majority are. Some people would rather have the extra cash. It's an obvious risk, but having a government mandate isn't cool.
The vast majority of the people losing insurance will be poor and/or old due to the medicaid rollback.
The mandate issue is BS. Most young people are either on their parents plan, were already insured because most universities already required it, get insurance through work, or just said freak it and paid the penalty.
Its a shame the mandate was included in the ACA, because it accomplised nothing but offer a talking point to the republican echo chamber.
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