You're also exempt from the Obamacare penalty for not having health insurance if you're out of the country for 330+ days per year. For 2015, it's 2% of your in

You're also exempt from the Obamacare penalty for not having health insurance if you're out of the country for 330+ days per year. For 2015, it's 2% of your income, and next year it will be higher. The penalty is 0.1666% per month you didn't have qualifying health insurance for any 3+ month period(s) you didn't have it, e.g., if you didn't have insurance in the months of February-April, you'd be assessed a fine of 0.5% of your income.