going, It’s basically.in a state like Missouri,The health-care law will, "up in the air," Hobson says. It marks the first time since 2005 that CSN has broadcast a Caps preseason game.Well, Here are some basic questions and answers about mandate Q What is the individual mandate A The individual mandate is a provision of the federal health law that requires you your children and anyone else that you claim as a dependent on your taxes to have health insurance in 2014 or pay a penalty That coverage can be supplied through your job public programs such as Medicare or Medicaid or an individual policy that you purchase The health law is setting up online health insurance marketplaces also known as exchanges to help you shop for plans Q Who is affected by the mandate A The mandate is aimed at some of the 57 million people younger than 65 who now do not have insurance The that in 2014 nearly three out of five Americans will have coverage through an employer-provided plan and 12 percent through Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program federal-state programs that provide insurance to lower income Americans If you have insurance in either of those ways you are not affected If you are in Medicare you also Q Are there any exceptions to the mandate A Yes the government has Individuals who cannot afford coverage because the cost of premiums exceed 8 percent of their household income or those whose household incomes are below the minimum threshold for filing a tax return are exempt People experiencing certain hardships including those who would have been also are exempt Other exempt groups include prisoners Native Americans eligible for care through the Indian Health Care service immigrants who are in the country illegally people whose religion objects to having insurance coverage members of a and individuals who experience a short coverage gap of less than three consecutive months that in 2016 after the major provisions of the health law are implemented 24 million people will be exempted from the mandates penalties of your own poignantly penned song.