The figure shows the impact of a mandate penalty in our framework. Panel a shows the direct effect: higher demand for insurance. Panel b shows the unintended equilibrium effect: an intensive margin shift from to . Panel c shows the welfare effects in the textbook case where is the efficient plan for all consumers and is more efficient than .
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