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Not a fine of course, but a "tax". A fine would be unconstitutional. My state rejected expanded medicaid, which leaves anyone in that gap between ~$2k and ~$11k
by jmccree 13y ago
Not a fine of course, but a "tax". A fine would be unconstitutional. My state rejected expanded medicaid, which leaves anyone in that gap between ~$2k and ~$11k with the option of paying the penalty tax or just stop working. There's a lot of the 18-30 year olds in that income bracket here.
- chrisro 13y agoThere are a whole host of exemptions from the tax, including: "You were determined ineligible for Medicaid because your state didn’t expand eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act." https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions/ https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions/
- jmccree 13y agoThanks for that! I was unaware of that exemption, apparently that was added in Jun 13. It doesn't seem to be a widely published exemption.
- chrisro 13y agoYou're welcome! I have friends in college who would've qualified for expanded Medicaid but my state didn't expand either. They were talking about this exemption which is how I learned of it.