Watch Bill Signing of the ACA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwM0gkLF0s

WELCOME TO OBAMACARE

You are going to learn how to select a health plan this year.

For this assignment, assume you are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children) and you have an expected 2019 income of $85,000, do not have an offer of health insurance through your employer and you live at 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (NYMC's Department of Health Policy and Management address...welcome to the family!).

I recommend the Kaiser Family Foundation calculator for this assignment

https://www.kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/

Federal Poverty Level Chart

https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines

The IRS calculation document is here

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p974.pdf

"In the case of household income (ex- pressed as a percent of poverty line) The initial premium per- The final premium per- within the following income tier: centage is- centage is- Up to 133% 20% 2.0% 133% up to 150% 3.0% 4,0% 150% up to 200% 4.0% 6.3% 200% up to 250% 6.3% 8.05% 250% up to 300% 8.05% 300% up to 400% 9.5% 9.5%