Brief Examines How Many Consumers’ Premiums Would Be Less Than the Tax Penalty

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which examines how many consumers would be able to purchase plans through the marketplace for premiums that would be lower than the tax penalty they would have to pay. The issue brief entitled “How Many of the Uninsured Can Purchase a Marketplace Plan for Less Than Their Shared Responsibility Penalty?” reports that over half of uninsured consumers could get coverage on the marketplace for premiums that would be less than what they would pay for the shared responsibility payment (i.e. the tax penalty).