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Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News February, 2015

“My initial response to the tax filing requirements in a Health Affairs blog was to express a concern that the filing requirements for the individual responsibility penalty and for premium tax credit reconciliation were very demanding and would probably require most tax filers who were affected by either issue to use the help of tax preparers. Since then, the IRS and CMS have taken a number of steps to help taxpayers -- allowing taxpayers in states that did not expand Medicaid with incomes not exceeding 138% of the poverty level to claim an exemption on their taxes, offering calculators at Healthcare.gov that will allow tax filers to determine the premiums of the lowest-cost Bronze plan and second-lowest-cost Silver plan that would have been available to them and offering free tax filing software to most tax filers. It is still not going to be easy, but this should be manageable for most tax filers.”
- Timothy S. Jost Esq., Robert L. Willett Family Professorship of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law

"When subsidies are available, average premiums in FFM [federally facilitated marketplace] states are $3,450 annually. If subsidies are eliminated in FFM states, average premiums rise in FFM states by $1,610 to $5,060, a 47% increase. Were subsidies eliminated in all states, we would expect to see an increase of $1,490, or 43%, in premiums."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 2, February 2015, "Groups Predict King v Burwell Fallout"

White House Seeks to Limit Health Law’s Tax Troubles
The New York Times, January 31, 2015

Inconsistencies Emerge In GOP's Latest Case Against Obamacare
The Huffington Post, January 30, 2015

Using Drugs to Discriminate — Adverse Selection in the Insurance Marketplace
The New England Journal of Medicine, January 29, 2015

11 Diverse Organizations Filing Amicus Briefs Supporting the ACA in King v. Burwell
Families USA Blog, January 29, 2015

If Supreme Court Rules Against Insurance Subsidies, Most Want Them Restored
Kaiser Health News, January 28, 2015

Nationwide 9.5 million consumers are signed up for Health Insurance Marketplace coverage
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Press Release, January 27, 2015

States Stand Pat Ahead of Supreme Court Health-Law Ruling
The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2015

This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News

Mental Health Advocacy Group Scores Exchanges
Groups Predict King v Burwell Fallout
Thought Leaders' Corner: "Are the tax credit and related health coverage filing details required for individual 1040s really that complex, and do you feel there is adequate IRS guidance?”
State Wrap-Up with briefs regarding California, Hawaii, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Oregon.
Industry News with a brief regarding Cigna.
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