ELI%: How can you buy insurance after you get sick, but still be have an individual mandate?

Meant to be ELI5: Explain it like I'm 5

I keep hearing Republicans using the talking point that one of the ACA's major flaws is that it lets you buy health insurance after you get sick (See Ron Johnson who said you buy insurance after you crash your car).

Republicans also say that the individual mandate is a threat to our liberties.

Politics aside, how do you have an individual mandate and have a system where you don't have to buy insurance until after the problem occurs?

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Submitted June 30, 2017 at 07:07AM by DearKC http://ift.tt/2s7ufrv