Blue Water Bridge westbound span to close Sunday. Tony Wittkowski, Times Herald 12:14 p.m. EDT March 27, 2015. The westbound span of the Blue Water Bridge will be closed Sunday as a resurfacing project begins. All traffic will be diverted to the eastbound span during the project, which is expected to be completed in early July. U.S. bound traffic will be diverted off the ramp pictured on the left.
ObamaCareâs individual mandate requires that most Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or pay a tax penalty. The individual mandate went into effect at the beginning of January 2014 and continues each year.
Carolyn Kaster/AP. About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014 â the first year most Americans were required to have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.