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Test Your Knowledge about Individual mandate
February 2009

1. Despite a legal mandate, how many Connecticut drivers do not have auto insurance?

a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 12%
d) 20%

2. What percent of uninsured Americans go without coverage because they don't believe they need it (as opposed to other reasons such as cost)?

a) 1.5%
b) 10%
c) 15%
d) 50%

3. How much of Connecticut hospital costs result in unpaid bills (uncompensated care)?

a) 1%
b) 3.1%
c) 5.8%
d) 10%

4. On average, how many uninsured Americans are charged HIGHER prices for care by physicians than insurers and government rates?

a) One in ten
b) One if four
c) Half
d) Two thirds

5. How many lawyers did Massachusetts engage to hear consumer appeals to their individual mandate law?

a) One
b) Ten
c) Twenty
d) Thirty

Source: An Individual Health Insurance Mandate: Could it Work for Connecticut? Connecticut Health Policy Project, December 2008,

 

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