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What are my options?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: It’s hard to pin down exactly how many Californians remain uninsured, but Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, believes there are roughly 3 million of you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that more than a third of you are actually eligible for coverage, either Medi-Cal or subsidized insurance through Covered California, says Laurel Lucia, an ACA expert at UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So my first piece of advice is perhaps the most important: Find out if you’re eligible for some kind of coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California’s open enrollment season has ended for this year, but Medi-Cal enrollment stays open year-round, and Medi-Cal is free for most people who qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a specific disease, you may be able to get coverage from state programs such as California Children’s Services and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, says Daniel Zingale, senior vice president of the California Endowment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, San Francisco, Los Angeles and some other counties offer county-based health benefits for uninsured residents such as Healthy San Francisco and My Health LA, Wright says. Check to see what your county offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t qualify for anything, your health care options will depend largely on three things: Your location, your income and your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really is a patchwork,” Wright says. “Depending on your county, you may have very different levels of access to care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>County Health Systems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s counties run a mishmash of health programs. Some operate public hospitals, others contract with private providers and still others run clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your eligibility also varies widely by county, whether we’re talking income or immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re undocumented in LA County, the county clinics are where you’d go,” Zingale says. That is not the case in 48 of the state’s 58 counties, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check with your county to explore your options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Clinics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separate from county clinics, California’s roughly 1,100 community health clinics serve about 5.6 million people each year, says Carmela Castellano-Garcia, president and CEO of the California Primary Care Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those, about 2 million are uninsured, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are different types of clinics, but in general clinics provide primary and preventive care regardless of immigration status, and their prices are set on a sliding-fee scale based on income, Castellano-Garcia says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Free clinics charge nothing at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How much you pay depends on the kind of clinic you go to,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want to find a clinic near you? Castellano-Garcia suggests visiting www.CaliforniaHealthPlus.com and using its online clinic locator tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emergency Room/Hospital Care\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law requires emergency rooms to stabilize patients without asking about their immigration status or ability to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re uninsured, you’ll be responsible for the bills, which can easily climb into the tens of thousands of dollars and wreck your credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want proof? A December report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that medical collections comprise more than half of collection accounts on credit reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are some options. Though unauthorized immigrants are not eligible for full Medi-Cal benefits, they may be eligible for emergency care and pregnancy-related services, based on income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, most hospitals offer financial assistance and “charity care” to patients, also based on income, Wright says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACA offers new protections to consumers who use nonprofit hospitals, such as limiting how much consumers at certain incomes can be billed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California has stronger protections, Wright says. A pre-existing state law requires all hospitals to inform consumers about their rights and financial options, give them 150 days before their bills get sent to collections and limit the amount that uninsured consumers at certain incomes must pay, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health Access and other groups host a website – www.HospitalBillHelp.org – that will help you find discounted or charity care in your area. You can also visit a state-run website to search for similar information: https://syfphr.oshpd.ca.gov/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer groups also support legislation that would address health coverage for the uninsured. For instance, a proposed law (SB 4) would make unauthorized immigrants eligible for Medi-Cal, assuming they meet the program’s criteria, and allow them to buy unsubsidized plans from Covered California with their own money. A similar measure stalled last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Questions for Emily: AskEmily@usc.edu\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The CHCF Center for Health Reporting partners with news organizations to cover California health policy. Located at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, it is funded by the nonpartisan California HealthCare Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The kind that doesn’t pay most medical bills until they exceed several thousand dollars? You’re a foot soldier who’s been drafted in the war against high health costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">People with high deductible plans are foot soldiers in the war against high health costs. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Companies that switch workers into high-deductible plans can reap enormous savings, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bruceshutan.com/uploads/3/4/4/2/3442746/consumer-driven_health_care.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">consultants will tell you\u003c/a> — and not just by making employees pay more. Total costs paid by everybody -- employer, employee and insurance company -- tend to fall in the first year or rise more slowly when consumers have more at stake at the health-care checkout counter whether or not they’re making medically wise choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumers with high deductibles sometimes skip procedures, think harder about getting treatment and shop for lower prices when they do seek care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What nobody knows is whether such plans, also sold to individuals and families through the health law’s online exchanges, will backfire. If people choose not to have important preventive care and end up needing an expensive hospital stay years later as a result, everybody is worse off.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new study delivers cautiously optimistic results for employers and policymakers, if not for consumers paying a higher share of their own health care costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers led by Amelia Haviland at Carnegie Mellon University found that overall savings at companies introducing high-deductible plans \u003ca href=\"http://www.nber.org/papers/w21031?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw\" target=\"_blank\">lasted for up to three years afterwards\u003c/a>. If there were any cost-related time bombs caused by forgone care, at least they didn’t blow up by then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Three years out there consistently seems to be a reduction in total health care spending” at employers offering high-deductible plans, Haviland said in an interview. 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It sounds less scary than the old name for coverage with huge deductibles: catastrophic health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But having consumers direct their own care also requires making sure they know enough to make smart choices like getting vaccines, but skipping dubious procedures like an expensive MRI scan at the first sign of back pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all employers are doing a terrific job. Most high-deductible plan members surveyed in\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23213148\" target=\"_blank\">a recent California study\u003c/a> had no idea that preventive screenings, office visits and other important care required little or no out-of-pocket payment. One in five said they had avoided preventive care because of the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This evidence of persistent reductions in spending places even greater importance on developing evidence on how they are achieved,” Kate Bundorf, a Stanford health economist not involved in the study, said of consumer-directed plans. “Are consumers foregoing preventive care? Are they less adherent to [effective] medicine? Or are they reducing their use of low-value office visits and corresponding drugs or substituting to cheaper yet similarly effective prescribed drugs?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employers and consultants are trying to educate people about avoiding needless procedures and finding quality caregivers at better prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might explain why the companies offering high-deductible plans saw such significant savings even though not all workers signed up, Haviland said. 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But in response, he received another termination letter in mid-February saying that he can’t be in Medi-Cal because he’s not a California resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Whether or not you think Oakland belongs in California, it is generally accepted to be within our borders.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that point, he and his mother, Judyth Collin, made dozens of unanswered calls to county workers, (county workers process Medi-Cal applications and determine eligibility) and visited county offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, Collin reached a supervisor by phone who helped Gong get back on Medi-Cal in early March, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gong’s problems aren’t isolated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re hearing from people who have been cut off who have turned in their forms,” says Jen Flory, senior attorney at the Western Center on Law and Poverty. “And we’re hearing from people who are trying to contact their county workers and are having trouble getting through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theoretically, this year’s renewal process should be easier than last year’s. If you enrolled in Medi-Cal or completed renewal forms last year and your county can determine that your eligibility hasn’t changed, you should receive a letter this year confirming your enrollment for another year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time, we’re not sending out an enormous blank packet for people to fill out,” says Cathy Senderling-McDonald, deputy executive director of the County Welfare Directors Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people may not qualify for auto-renewal and will receive a notice that requests additional information, such as proof of income or state residency. If you receive that, you will have at least 30 days to respond, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 1 million Californians will be asked to renew each month, according to the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which administers Medi-Cal at the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes are high, but it’s hard to gauge the impact because Medi-Cal officials decline to say how many people have been dropped from the program as a result of the renewal process this year and last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These data are not available currently,” says Tony Cava of DHCS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s my advice: If you’re in Gong’s situation and get a termination notice because you didn’t submit renewal information – whether or not it was your fault – get the paperwork in as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You have 90 days from the date of termination to submit that information. If you do and you’re still eligible for the program, you will be reinstated retroactive to the date you were kicked out, Flory says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, reach out to your county case worker. I know, easier said than done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roughly 15,000 county workers dedicated to Medi-Cal are overwhelmed. They’re juggling an onslaught of new applications, the renewal process (some of last year’s load was pushed into this year), plus persistent computer problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, the state computer system won’t allow county workers to deny applications themselves or drop people who are ineligible, Senderling-McDonald says. Which leads to backlogs and mistakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of manual work that counties are still doing to get around the issues in the computer system,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s hope. The state is working on the technical problems. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_24420\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/iStock_000026330737_Large1-e1426110340138.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-24420\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/iStock_000026330737_Large1-640x424.jpg\" alt=\"(Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emily Bazar,\u003c/strong> \u003ca title=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/obamacares-tax-time-lessons\" href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/obamacares-tax-time-lessons\" target=\"_blank\">CHCF Center for Health Reporting\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second round of Obamacare open enrollment is over, but your paperwork may not be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tax time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as I suspected, this is shaping up to be a stressful period for many Californians who remained uninsured or purchased health insurance from \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Covered California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: I had a Covered California plan for eight months last year before I moved to Texas. But I still haven’t received a 1095-A form from Covered California. What should I do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: When Travis Choma, 35, moved from California to Dallas in August, he arranged to cancel his Covered California health plan and start a new plan from the federal health insurance exchange, (\u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"https://www.healthcare.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare.gov\u003cspan class=\"ext\">\u003cspan class=\"element-invisible\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything went smoothly on the federal side. Not so much here. Among the complications is Choma’s missing \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1095a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">1095-A tax form\u003c/a> from Covered California, which lists the amount of tax credits he received in 2014. (By comparison, he received his 1095-A from healthcare.gov in early January.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so frustrating,” says Choma, an independent software developer who has spent countless hours trying to fix the problem. “I’m a person who takes my paperwork seriously and gets it correct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You need these forms for your taxes. But Covered California hasn’t made it easy. The agency \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/got-obamacare-tax-credit-you-may-need-tax-preparer\" target=\"_blank\">told me previously\u003c/a> that it sent out about 100,000 forms containing inaccurate information, and promised to send out revised ones by late fFebruary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But about 10,000 tax filers of the 100,000 didn’t receive 1095-A forms at all, says Covered California’s Dana Howard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California had conflicting information for those tax filers, such as two different addresses, Howard says. “There were multiple sets of information for the same person,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has been working to fix inconsistencies and distribute the forms, Howard says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you still don’t have your tax form, or have received one with inaccurate information, file a \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/PDFs/1095-A-Dispute-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">1095-A dispute form\u003c/a> with Covered California as soon as possible. (Find the form at \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/PDFs/1095-A-Dispute-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">www.CoveredCA.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California has 60 days to respond, which may push you beyond the April 15 tax filing deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that happens, you have options, such as requesting an extension to file your taxes, says Alison Flores of the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.hrblock.com/why-hr-block/the-tax-institute.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Institute at H&R Block\u003c/a>. That might not be the best plan for your situation, so the most useful advice I have, \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/got-obamacare-tax-credit-you-may-need-tax-preparer\" target=\"_blank\">which I’ve given to you before\u003c/a>, is to consult a tax professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: Is it true that Covered California is still letting people enroll if they want to avoid a tax penalty next year?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: Let’s deal with 2014 first. If you didn’t have health insurance for all or part of last year, you already owe an \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-time-avoid-obamacare-tax-penalty\" target=\"_blank\">Obamacare tax penalty\u003c/a> for 2014 (unless you qualify for \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/how-dodge-obamacare-tax-penalty-legally\" target=\"_blank\">one of the law’s many exemptions\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now for 2015. If you still don’t have insurance this year, Covered California is giving you a second chance. It announced a special enrollment period – which lasts until April 30 – for people who didn’t realize there was a tax penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you’re probably not going to get off scot-free when you file your 2015 tax return next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obamacare’s tax penalty is \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-time-avoid-obamacare-tax-penalty\" target=\"_blank\">prorated\u003c/a>, which means you will owe one-twelfth of the annual penalty for each month you or your dependents don’t have coverage or an exemption from the law, Flores says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, say, you sign up for health insurance on April 25, your health plan won’t start until June 1. That means you’ll be uninsured for five months in 2015 and owe five months of penalty, Howard says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s still better than a full year’s worth, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to spare you some potential complications, but the lesson here is that signing up during this special enrollment period doesn’t automatically mean that you’ll avoid a penalty for 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the tax penalty, I’m also hearing that some people are being incorrectly penalized for 2014. For instance, unauthorized immigrants and those in the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.nilc.org/dreamdeferred.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals\u003c/a> immigration program are exempt from the penalty because \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/obamacare-affects-immigrants-too\" target=\"_blank\">they are excluded\u003c/a> from health insurance exchanges and receiving tax credits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.nilc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Immigration Law Center\u003c/a> is receiving complaints that tax professionals are giving some of their clients in these categories bad information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So many of them are low-income individuals who can’t afford to pay this penalty anyway,” says Gabrielle Lessard, the group’s health policy attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I still believe you should seek tax help. But you might want to ensure your preparer has been schooled in Obamacare’s new tax rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: You keep telling us to get tax help, but I can’t afford a preparer. Do I have any options?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: There are many free tax preparation services available, including the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Free-Tax-Return-Preparation-for-You-by-Volunteers\" target=\"_blank\">Volunteer Income Tax Assistance\u003c/a> (VITA) program, run by the IRS. VITA is available at libraries, schools, shopping centers and other sites around the country. Go to \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/VITA\" target=\"_blank\">www.irs.gov/VITA\u003c/a> or call 800-906-9887 to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.aarp.org/applications/VMISLocator/searchTaxAideLocations.action?cmp=RDRCT-FNDTX_DEC23_010\" target=\"_blank\">AARP Foundation Tax-Aide\u003c/a> program also provides free assistance, and its volunteer preparers are trained in Obamacare’s particulars. Go to \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.aarp.org/findtaxhelp\" target=\"_blank\">www.aarp.org/findtaxhelp\u003c/a> or call 888-227-7669 for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please note that some of these programs are limited by age, income or other factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, I’ll end with a correction: \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/small-business-exchange-offline-and-target\" target=\"_blank\">In my previous column\u003c/a> about Covered California’s small-business exchange, called SHOP, I incorrectly said it offers the same plans available to individuals and families. Instead, it offers fewer insurance carriers with somewhat different options. Learn more at \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/small-business/plan-providers/\" target=\"_blank\">www.CoveredCA.com/small-business\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: When Travis Choma, 35, moved from California to Dallas in August, he arranged to cancel his Covered California health plan and start a new plan from the federal health insurance exchange, (\u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"https://www.healthcare.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare.gov\u003cspan class=\"ext\">\u003cspan class=\"element-invisible\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything went smoothly on the federal side. Not so much here. Among the complications is Choma’s missing \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1095a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">1095-A tax form\u003c/a> from Covered California, which lists the amount of tax credits he received in 2014. (By comparison, he received his 1095-A from healthcare.gov in early January.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so frustrating,” says Choma, an independent software developer who has spent countless hours trying to fix the problem. “I’m a person who takes my paperwork seriously and gets it correct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You need these forms for your taxes. But Covered California hasn’t made it easy. The agency \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/got-obamacare-tax-credit-you-may-need-tax-preparer\" target=\"_blank\">told me previously\u003c/a> that it sent out about 100,000 forms containing inaccurate information, and promised to send out revised ones by late fFebruary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But about 10,000 tax filers of the 100,000 didn’t receive 1095-A forms at all, says Covered California’s Dana Howard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California had conflicting information for those tax filers, such as two different addresses, Howard says. “There were multiple sets of information for the same person,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has been working to fix inconsistencies and distribute the forms, Howard says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you still don’t have your tax form, or have received one with inaccurate information, file a \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/PDFs/1095-A-Dispute-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">1095-A dispute form\u003c/a> with Covered California as soon as possible. (Find the form at \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.coveredca.com/PDFs/1095-A-Dispute-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">www.CoveredCA.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California has 60 days to respond, which may push you beyond the April 15 tax filing deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that happens, you have options, such as requesting an extension to file your taxes, says Alison Flores of the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.hrblock.com/why-hr-block/the-tax-institute.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Institute at H&R Block\u003c/a>. That might not be the best plan for your situation, so the most useful advice I have, \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/got-obamacare-tax-credit-you-may-need-tax-preparer\" target=\"_blank\">which I’ve given to you before\u003c/a>, is to consult a tax professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: Is it true that Covered California is still letting people enroll if they want to avoid a tax penalty next year?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: Let’s deal with 2014 first. If you didn’t have health insurance for all or part of last year, you already owe an \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-time-avoid-obamacare-tax-penalty\" target=\"_blank\">Obamacare tax penalty\u003c/a> for 2014 (unless you qualify for \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/how-dodge-obamacare-tax-penalty-legally\" target=\"_blank\">one of the law’s many exemptions\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now for 2015. If you still don’t have insurance this year, Covered California is giving you a second chance. It announced a special enrollment period – which lasts until April 30 – for people who didn’t realize there was a tax penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you’re probably not going to get off scot-free when you file your 2015 tax return next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obamacare’s tax penalty is \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/more-time-avoid-obamacare-tax-penalty\" target=\"_blank\">prorated\u003c/a>, which means you will owe one-twelfth of the annual penalty for each month you or your dependents don’t have coverage or an exemption from the law, Flores says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, say, you sign up for health insurance on April 25, your health plan won’t start until June 1. That means you’ll be uninsured for five months in 2015 and owe five months of penalty, Howard says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s still better than a full year’s worth, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to spare you some potential complications, but the lesson here is that signing up during this special enrollment period doesn’t automatically mean that you’ll avoid a penalty for 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the tax penalty, I’m also hearing that some people are being incorrectly penalized for 2014. For instance, unauthorized immigrants and those in the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.nilc.org/dreamdeferred.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals\u003c/a> immigration program are exempt from the penalty because \u003ca href=\"http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/obamacare-affects-immigrants-too\" target=\"_blank\">they are excluded\u003c/a> from health insurance exchanges and receiving tax credits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.nilc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Immigration Law Center\u003c/a> is receiving complaints that tax professionals are giving some of their clients in these categories bad information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So many of them are low-income individuals who can’t afford to pay this penalty anyway,” says Gabrielle Lessard, the group’s health policy attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I still believe you should seek tax help. But you might want to ensure your preparer has been schooled in Obamacare’s new tax rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q: You keep telling us to get tax help, but I can’t afford a preparer. Do I have any options?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A: There are many free tax preparation services available, including the \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Free-Tax-Return-Preparation-for-You-by-Volunteers\" target=\"_blank\">Volunteer Income Tax Assistance\u003c/a> (VITA) program, run by the IRS. VITA is available at libraries, schools, shopping centers and other sites around the country. Go to \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.irs.gov/VITA\" target=\"_blank\">www.irs.gov/VITA\u003c/a> or call 800-906-9887 to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca class=\"ext\" href=\"http://www.aarp.org/applications/VMISLocator/searchTaxAideLocations.action?cmp=RDRCT-FNDTX_DEC23_010\" target=\"_blank\">AARP Foundation Tax-Aide\u003c/a> program also provides free assistance, and its volunteer preparers are trained in Obamacare’s particulars. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_24368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-06-at-10.35.05-AM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-24368\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-06-at-10.35.05-AM-640x325.png\" alt=\"Screenshot from the Spanish language website for Covered California.\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from the Spanish language website for Covered California.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Anna Gorman,\u003c/strong> \u003ca title=\"http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/slightly-more-latinos-and-african-americans-sign-up-on-california-exchange/\" href=\"http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/slightly-more-latinos-and-african-americans-sign-up-on-california-exchange/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The percentage of Latinos and African Americans who signed up for subsidized health coverage through California’s insurance exchange increased during the second annual open enrollment period, officials announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 37 percent of subsidized enrollees are Latino, up from 31 percent during the first enrollment period ending in March 2014, according to data released by Covered California. That's a 20 percent increase. About 4 percent are African American, up from 3 percent last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers, released by Covered California during its monthly board meeting, include only those enrollees eligible for subsidies who responded to questions about their race or ethnicity.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California faced criticism last year for failing to sign up enough Latinos, particularly those who spoke primarily Spanish. The insurance exchange launched a dedicated, bilingual campaign – both in the media and on-the-ground to educate and enroll more Latino consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California executive director Peter Lee said the increases in both Latino and African American enrollment show the targeted efforts were successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a reflection of not just the advertising and marketing … but very good outreach in communities throughout the state,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates praised the exchange for the more diverse population of enrollees. The percentages enrolled roughly match the proportion believed to be eligible for subsidized coverage in the population at large.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good that Covered California has reached further into Latino communities, but there’s more to do,” Anthony Wright, executive director of the nonprofit Health Access California, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wright and others said the next challenge is ensuring that Californians don’t drop coverage when they experience life changes, such as moving or switching jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchange also saw a jump in the percentage of younger enrollees. About 34 percent of new enrollees are between 18 and 34, compared to 29 percent of enrollees last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Younger enrollees are critical to balancing out the older, sicker population that signed up for coverage right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open enrollment ran from November until Feb. 22 for most people. Those who did not know about the tax penalty for not having insurance can sign up until the end of April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, more than 495,000 people signed up for private health coverage in the second open enrollment, including about 88 percent who were eligible for federal subsidies. An additional 779,000 people signed up for Medi-Cal, the program for poor and disabled Californians.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2013/12/RS8056_L1006917-lpr-e1425596277276.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-16890\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2013/12/RS8056_L1006917-lpr-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"CCHP enrollment counselor Kristen Chow explains Covered California and federal subsidies to a Chinese-language caller. Currently, more than 90 percent of the HMO's members are ethnically Chinese. (Marcus Teply/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CCHP enrollment counselor Kristen Chow explains Covered California and federal subsidies to a Chinese-language caller in 2013. (Marcus Teply/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Covered California, the state's Obamacare exchange, has released its \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/PPT-Executive-Directors-Report_March-5-2015.pdf\">latest numbers\u003c/a> for 2015 enrollment to date. Among the highlights:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Through Feb. 22, the end of open enrollment, 495,073 newly enrolled in a Covered California plan. Total enrollments numbered 1.4 million. AP is reporting that falls 300,000 short of the state's goal for signups.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More than 780,000 new enrollees in Medi-Cal\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>As of Dec. 14, 2014, 92 percent of Covered California participants renewed for 2015.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ninety percent of both old and new enrollees are eligible for a subsidy to help pay premiums.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Covered California said the number of new enrollees was consistent with its forecast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the exchange said it did not yet have a total number for all Californians who have enrolled under the Affordable Care Act, including those who who now receive Medi-Cal, \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-05-at-1.49.35-PM1-e1425592338326.png\">chart of enrollment by ethnicity\u003c/a> for those eligible for subsidies:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-05-at-1.49.35-PM1-e1425592338326.png\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-05-at-1.49.35-PM1-640x356.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Covered California released data Thursday showing that the percentage of Latinos and African-American enrollees increased from last year. The state also reported a younger mix of new enrollees, which ensures a good risk pool for insurers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covered California reports that Latinos made up 37 percent of new enrollees, compared to 31 percent last year. The share of new black enrollees increased slightly from 3 percent to 4 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchange increased its marketing through Spanish-language media after it received criticism for failing to reach out to the Latino community the first year. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California signed up a total of 1.4 million people during the second enrollment season from Nov. 15 through Feb. 15. That figure fell 300,000 short of the state's goal to sign up 1.7 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite strong enrollment of new enrollees, the state's overall enrollment was down because fewer people renewed than expected. For example, the agency noted that it saw a lower-than-anticipated number of people who signed up during special enrollment, such as when people lose their jobs or transition out of Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for the poor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are troubled by the low special enrollment,\" said Beth Capell, a lobbyist with Health Access California. \"We do think there's considerably more work to do on transitioning people from Medi-Cal to Covered California. We think this is one of the challenges the two organizations face over the next year or two.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overall enrollment figure is critical to financing Covered California, which can make adjustments by reducing spending, tapping reserves or increasing monthly plan fees. The federal government infused billions of dollars to help states get their health insurance marketplaces up and running, but exchanges are supposed to be self-sustaining by imposing a fee on the plans they sell.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In a positive sign for the exchange, sign-ups by 18-to-34-year-olds increased 5 percent, pushing up that demographic's share of new enrollments to 34 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see more demographic breakdowns at the bottom of Covered California's \u003ca href=\"http://news.coveredca.com/2015/03/covered-californias-second-open.html\" target=\"_blank\">news release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official enrollment period ended on Feb. 15, but the state extended that to Feb. 22 for those who started an application but did not complete it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Today's oral arguments in the latest Obamacare case to come before the Supreme Court are now over. Proponents of the law are worried that if the plaintiffs prevail, canceling subsidies to insurance buyers in the federal exchange, the Affordable Care Act could be heading for a death spiral. The Supreme Court website has put up a full transcript of the proceedings, which you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/257676116/Transcript-King-v-Burwell-Oral-Arguments\">read here\u003c/a>. 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Roberts was the decisive vote to uphold the law in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Mulw1b0K3i9Iy4gW5R15IbRlcbBEpx45\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, the same liberal-conservative divide that characterized the earlier case was evident. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the law say that only residents of states that set up their own insurance markets can get federal subsidies to help pay their premiums. The administration says the law provides for subsidies in all 50 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The liberal justices peppered lawyer Michael Carvin almost from the outset of his argument to limit the subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the law set up flexibility for states to either set up their own markets or rely on the federal healthcare.gov. Giving subsidies only to people in some states would be \"disastrous,\" Ginsburg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. stepped to the lectern, the liberal justices fell silent, and Justices Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia took over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may not be the statute Congress intended, but it may be the statute Congress wrote,\" Scalia said of the provision in question. The case focuses on four words in the law, \"established by the state.\" The challengers say those words are clear and conclusive evidence that Congress wanted to limit subsidies to those consumers who get their insurance through a marketplace, or exchange, that was established by a state. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verrilli argued that the law can only be read more broadly and noted that millions of people would lose health insurance if the court rules against the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alito wondered if the justices could delay the effect of such a ruling to allow states and perhaps the federal government to act. Scalia said he believes Congress would act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This Congress, Your Honor?\" Verrilli said to widespread laughter in a packed courtroom that included leading congressional Democrats and Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy voted to strike down the health law in 2012, but on Wednesday he asked questions of both sides that made it hard to tell where he might come out this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested that challenger Carvin's argument raised a \"serious\" constitutional problem affecting the relationship between states and the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, he seemed less than convinced by Verrilli's reading of the law to allow the subsidies nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millions of people could be affected by the court's decision. The justices are trying to determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums. Or, does it limit tax credits to people who live in states that created their own health insurance marketplaces?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ruling that limits where subsidies are available would have dramatic consequences because roughly three dozen states opted against their own marketplace, or exchange, and instead rely on the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's healthcare.gov. Independent studies estimate that 8 million people could lose insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists on both sides were in place outside the marble courthouse by 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Some held placards showing how many people in each state would lose insurance if the court ruled that the law does not allow subsidies everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the Affordable Care Act failed to kill the law in an epic, election-year Supreme Court case in 2012. Chief Justice Roberts joined with the court's liberal justices and provided the crucial vote to uphold the law in the midst of Obama's re-election campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new case, part of a long-running political and legal fight to get rid of the law also known as Obamacare, focuses on the four words \"established by the state\" in a law that runs more than 900 pages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration counters that the law was written to dramatically reduce the ranks of uninsured, and that it would make no sense to condition subsidies on where people live. The phrase \"established by the state,\" is what the administration calls a \"term of art\" that takes in both state- and federally-run exchanges. The administration also says the term cannot be read in isolation, and that other parts of the law show that subsidies should be widely available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each side in the case argues that the law unambiguously supports only its position. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Justice John Roberts said almost nothing in nearly 90 minutes of back-and-forth, and Justice Anthony Kennedy's questions did not make clear how he will come out. Roberts was the decisive vote to uphold the law in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otherwise, the same liberal-conservative divide that characterized the earlier case was evident. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the law say that only residents of states that set up their own insurance markets can get federal subsidies to help pay their premiums. The administration says the law provides for subsidies in all 50 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The liberal justices peppered lawyer Michael Carvin almost from the outset of his argument to limit the subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the law set up flexibility for states to either set up their own markets or rely on the federal healthcare.gov. Giving subsidies only to people in some states would be \"disastrous,\" Ginsburg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. stepped to the lectern, the liberal justices fell silent, and Justices Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia took over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may not be the statute Congress intended, but it may be the statute Congress wrote,\" Scalia said of the provision in question. The case focuses on four words in the law, \"established by the state.\" The challengers say those words are clear and conclusive evidence that Congress wanted to limit subsidies to those consumers who get their insurance through a marketplace, or exchange, that was established by a state. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verrilli argued that the law can only be read more broadly and noted that millions of people would lose health insurance if the court rules against the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alito wondered if the justices could delay the effect of such a ruling to allow states and perhaps the federal government to act. Scalia said he believes Congress would act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This Congress, Your Honor?\" Verrilli said to widespread laughter in a packed courtroom that included leading congressional Democrats and Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy voted to strike down the health law in 2012, but on Wednesday he asked questions of both sides that made it hard to tell where he might come out this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested that challenger Carvin's argument raised a \"serious\" constitutional problem affecting the relationship between states and the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, he seemed less than convinced by Verrilli's reading of the law to allow the subsidies nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Millions of people could be affected by the court's decision. The justices are trying to determine whether the law makes people in all 50 states eligible for federal tax subsidies to cut the cost of insurance premiums. Or, does it limit tax credits to people who live in states that created their own health insurance marketplaces?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ruling that limits where subsidies are available would have dramatic consequences because roughly three dozen states opted against their own marketplace, or exchange, and instead rely on the U.S. Health and Human Services Department's healthcare.gov. Independent studies estimate that 8 million people could lose insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists on both sides were in place outside the marble courthouse by 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Some held placards showing how many people in each state would lose insurance if the court ruled that the law does not allow subsidies everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the Affordable Care Act failed to kill the law in an epic, election-year Supreme Court case in 2012. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_24158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/147229791-e1425431190239.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-24158\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2015/03/147229791-640x439.jpg\" alt=\"(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/19/the-supreme-courts-4-health-care-reform-questions/\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/03/19/the-supreme-courts-4-health-care-reform-questions/\" target=\"_blank\">been three years\u003c/a>, but the Affordable Care Act is before the Supreme Court again. The constitutionality of the law was settled then. This time, the question is subsidies. Oral arguments happen Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case is \u003ca title=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/king-v-burwell/\" href=\"http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/king-v-burwell/\" target=\"_blank\">King v. Burwell\u003c/a>, and the heart of the matter is whether the ACA permits subsidies to be granted to people who live in the 34 states that use the federally-run marketplace, healthcare.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Note well: people in California, and the 13 other states that set up their own insurance marketplaces are not affected by this case. No one is challenging the legality of the subsidies as a whole -- only whether they may legally go to people who live in states using healthcare.gov.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca title=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/27/389283469/5-things-to-know-about-the-latest-supreme-court-challenge-to-health-law\" href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/27/389283469/5-things-to-know-about-the-latest-supreme-court-challenge-to-health-law\" target=\"_blank\">Kaiser Health News' Julie Rovner \u003c/a>on the part of the ACA in question:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At issue in this case is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/36B\" target=\"_blank\">line in the law\u003c/a> stipulating that subsidies are available to those who sign up for coverage \"through an exchange established by the state.\" In issuing \u003ca href=\"http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-23/pdf/2012-12421.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">regulations to implement the subsidies\u003c/a> in 2012, however, the IRS said that subsidies would also be available to those enrolling through the federal health insurance exchange. The agency noted Congress had never discussed limiting the subsidies to state-run exchanges and that making subsidies available to all \"is consistent with the language, purpose and structure\" of the law as a whole.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But those challenging the law, Rovner says, insist that indeed Congress did intend to limit the subsidies to those buying insurance on a state exchange, like Covered California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the Supreme Court rules against the Obama administration and invalidates those subsidies, \u003ca title=\"http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/2000062-The-Implications-King-vs-Burwell.pdf\" href=\"http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/2000062-The-Implications-King-vs-Burwell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">more than 9 million people\u003c/a> in the 34 states that use healthcare.gov stand to lose their subsidies -- and it would be almost immediately after the ruling is handed down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the subsidies, many people would likely cancel their insurance because it would become unaffordable. Yes, there's an individual mandate in the ACA, but people are exempt from it if they cannot find insurance that is affordable to them, defined as greater than 8 percent of your household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once people start dropping insurance, \"the individual insurance markets in those states would probably melt down,\" says Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. That's because the health law's requirement of guaranteed issue -- that insurers must offer insurance to anyone who applies -- would still stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those most likely to keep their coverage would be people who are sick, Levitt says, which would drive up premiums, without the healthy people to balance the risk pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Commonwealth Fund blog, \u003ca title=\"http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2015/feb/king-v-burwell-what-shutdown-could-mean-insurers\" href=\"http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2015/feb/king-v-burwell-what-shutdown-could-mean-insurers\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Ario has been writing\u003c/a> about this possibility:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Should a Subsidy Shutdown happen this summer, insurers would suddenly have a risk pool filled with high-need, high-cost people, after having priced their 2015 premiums based on a balanced pool containing both healthy and sick people. Claims would quickly outpace premium revenue as insurers lose most of their low-cost, healthy customers but retain customers whose medical costs exceed their premiums.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>If you're wondering about spill-over effects, insurance is sold state-by-state, so Californians and the people in the other 13 states with their own exchanges would continue to get subsidies. The individual insurance market would largely be unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You'd really have big differences between states in access to affordable coverage,\" Levitt said. \"It would very much be a north/south divide. It's really the south where states have not set up their own marketplaces.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should the Supreme Court rule against the healthcare.gov subsidies, there's no straightforward solution in sight. Congress could pass a bill striking the line from the health law, but that's unlikely given Republican opposition to the law. Yes, states could set up their own exchanges and get the subsidies, but that cannot be done overnight. Plenty of governors and state legislatures won't want to set up a state exchange anyway because they have fought the ACA all along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There could be bigger threats to the health law as a whole. \"There could be a move in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something else,\" Levitt says, \"but where that ends up is very unpredictable, it could easily end in stalemate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court is expected to hand down their ruling in June. Decisions generally take effect 25 days after they are issued.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Now they have to pay all the money back.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh my goodness, this is just not right,” said Roberta Campbell, who lives in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville. “This is supposed to be a safety net health care, and I am getting burned left and right by having used it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As tax day approaches, hundreds of thousands of families who enrolled in plans through the insurance marketplaces could be stuck with unexpected tax bills, according to researchers. Those payments could be as high as $11,000, although most would be several hundred dollars, one study found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result is frustration and confusion among some working and middle-class taxpayers, whom the Affordable Care Act was specifically intended to help. 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They estimate that the average subsidy repayment amount is $530.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, about a third of those enrolled in marketplace coverage overestimated their income and are receiving money back – about $365 on average, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government made subsidies available to people who earned up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level — about $47,000 for an individual and $63,000 for a couple. For families who ended up making less than that, the federal government limits any repayments that might be due: The poorest consumers will have to repay no more than $300 and most others no more than $2,500. But the Campbells’ income last year exceeded the limit to receive federal help, so they have pay back the whole amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roberta Campbell said she was only trying to do the right thing. Campbell, now 59, lost her job as a program director for the Arthritis Foundation in late 2012. 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