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In reply to the discussion: PSA - If you opt out of the ACA next year [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)19. BAH LONEY!
The fee for not having coverage in 2014
If you didnt have coverage in 2014, youll pay one of these two amounts when you file your 2014 federal tax return:
1% of your yearly household income. (Only the amount of income above the tax filing threshold, about $10,000 for an individual, is used to calculate the penalty.) The maximum penalty is the national average premium for a bronze plan.
$95 per person for the year ($47.50 per child under 18). The maximum penalty per family using this method is $285.
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so I would be better off with insurance that didn't cover preexisting conditions?
CreekDog
Nov 2014
#49
UHC/Single Payer is not one of the options offered or are you suggesting i drop insurance
CreekDog
Nov 2014
#54
I am not captive! I was on unemployment WITHOUT health insurance 2 yrs before that!
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#39
I have insurance and have compassion for those struggling with it during these times
scarystuffyo
Nov 2014
#52
who is struggling....if you make under $40 grand a year....you get subsidized...
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#53
do you make more than $40,000 a year? If not you get subsidized....I WAS at 91%
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#103
Yes you are...if you are claiming hardship and your salary doesn't match...THAT is breaking the law.
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#75
thank goodness....but you are NOT reporting the truth. I on the other hand who has first hand
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#104
OR, if you have been denied Medicaid coverage in States that did not expand under ACA
JCMach1
Nov 2014
#91
Oh really? Has he considered how unaffordable a major medical catastrophe will cost him..
VanillaRhapsody
Nov 2014
#109