Timeline for answer to Is the Affordable Care Act a regressive tax (who is most affected)? by user1530
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| Oct 28, 2013 at 6:41 | comment | added | user1530 | @user1873 I'm not clear that those particular folks are subject to the penalty. I can't find a definitive answer in that regard. | |
| Oct 28, 2013 at 0:21 | comment | added | user1873 | @DA, Some will not qualify for Medicaid or health exchange subsidies, "If you live in a state that isn’t expanding Medicaid you may not qualify for either Medicaid or reduced costs on a private insurance plan. It will depend on where your income falls." It would be nice if either of the answers took into account the states that don't expand Medicaid, and where the ACA tax penalty was progressive/regressive. | |
| Oct 26, 2013 at 6:23 | comment | added | Publius | @DA Not all states will expand medicaid. Some refused, at their own expense. I don't believe any penalty applies to these people (and they'd likely be able to apply for a hardship exemption). | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 23:00 | comment | added | user1530 | I don't know. My understanding is that ACA will cover all medicaid for the first several years, and then the plan was to scale back the fed's share. I don't know how that works now or in the future with the states that are opting out of the medicare plan or how that works with the subsidy portion of ACA (which I think is separate from the Medicare portion) | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 22:15 | comment | added | user1530 | In doing some quick googling, it appears that anyone under 133% of the poverty line threshold qualifies for federal medicaid. However, the federal government is limited in terms of how much it can penalize states that don't participate in the medicare expansion. So, for the individual that qualifies, they get health care at no cost to them and that would be considered (I presume) 'progressive'. As to how the ACA will make up that funding difference if the state doesn't contribute, I guess that's another question that needs to be figured out. | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 22:07 | comment | added | user1530 | @user1873 I don't understand how that very specific example fits into your general question as to whether the ACA and/or penalty fit into a 'regressive' definitions. Maybe that's better asked as a separate question? (That is actually a question I'd like an answer to: What happens to the people that fall into the <100% of federal poverty in terms of ACA on a state-by-state basis?) | |
| Oct 25, 2013 at 20:01 | history | edited | user1530 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 25, 2013 at 19:56 | history | answered | user1530 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |