As we noted a week ago, some Grand Canyon State citizens are going to have a problem this November:
"People in Pinal County are at risk of a health insurance problem that hasn't happened anywhere else in the country: no companies offering marketplace health insurance"
Turns out, Aetna was the sole remaining carrier on that state's Exchange, and they've bailed. That means that, if you live in Pinal County (home of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum) and you want to buy health insurance, you'll have to buy if off the Exchange.
Which also means you get to pay full-freight: no subsidies for off-Exchange plans.
And that most likely means you'll be faced with plans that are unaffordable. No problem: the ObamaTax makes provision for such circumstances, and offers an exemption for folks who can't afford premiums.
Except there's a pretty significant, but under-the-radar, catch: this exemption won't be available to the folks in Pinal County.
Why not?
Well, as FoIB Michael Cannon explains, "[t]he unaffordability exemption applies only if “the annual premium for the lowest cost bronze plan available in the individual market through the Exchange” is unaffordable." But there are **no** plans on the Exchange.
See the problem?
Read the whole thing, you'll be glad (and/or furious) that you did.
"People in Pinal County are at risk of a health insurance problem that hasn't happened anywhere else in the country: no companies offering marketplace health insurance"
Turns out, Aetna was the sole remaining carrier on that state's Exchange, and they've bailed. That means that, if you live in Pinal County (home of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum) and you want to buy health insurance, you'll have to buy if off the Exchange.
Which also means you get to pay full-freight: no subsidies for off-Exchange plans.
And that most likely means you'll be faced with plans that are unaffordable. No problem: the ObamaTax makes provision for such circumstances, and offers an exemption for folks who can't afford premiums.
Except there's a pretty significant, but under-the-radar, catch: this exemption won't be available to the folks in Pinal County.
Why not?
Well, as FoIB Michael Cannon explains, "[t]he unaffordability exemption applies only if “the annual premium for the lowest cost bronze plan available in the individual market through the Exchange” is unaffordable." But there are **no** plans on the Exchange.
See the problem?
Read the whole thing, you'll be glad (and/or furious) that you did.
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