The individual responsibility clause of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the individual mandate, requires all Americans to have health insurance by January 1, 2014, or pay a penalty tax. How Much Will the Penalty Be for not Having Health Insurance? You may have heard the figure $95 per person. That is the basic penalty in 2014 for an unmarried individual, earning less than $19,500/year, with no dependents.
Virginia Medical Plans’ Jon Katz in the News
Virginia Medical Plans’ own Jon Katz has become the go-to guy when it comes to information about today’s ever-changing landscape of health insurance. The local press in the Washington DC / Virginia / Maryland area has called upon Jon’s expert knowledge several times since the rollout of Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare. In October, Jon was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s radio show Marketplace (click here