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ACA Reporting Deadline Delay Not a Tax Filing Delay for Employees

Julie Stich, CEBS

14 Jan 201614 Jan 2016

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most individuals to obtain minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty, with some exceptions. The penalty for not having coverage is to be paid when individuals file their federal tax return; for the 2015 tax […]

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No Health Insurance? How Big is the ACA Individual Penalty?

Lois Gleason, CEBS

14 Dec 201507 Jan 2016

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most individuals to obtain minimum essential health coverage or pay a penalty, with some exceptions. The penalty increases each year. Phil Galewitz reports in Kaiser Health News the average household penalty will be $661 for 2015 and […]