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Uninsured People Eligible For Obamacare Face Average $969 Penalty In 2016

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By Phil Galewitz December 9, 2015

Originally Published by Kaiser Health News

The penalty for failing to have health insurance is going up, perhaps even higher than you expected.

Among uninsured individuals who are not exempt from the Affordable Care Act penalty, the average household fine for not having insurance in 2015 will be $661, rising to $969 per household in 2016, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. Individuals will pay the penalty when they complete their federal taxes the following spring. (Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Foundation.)

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Ohio launches website to help enroll applicants for newly expanded Medicaid program

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The state opened registration Monday for people who beginning in January can get health insurance through an expanded Medicaid program.

Registration is through  a new website officials hope most people will use to get enrolled.

The website, Benefits.ohio.gov, asks users a series of questions to determine if they are eligible for Medicaid under the new regulations, and helps them enroll if they are. If they are not eligible, it also provides a link to the federal insurance exchange site, Healthcare.gov.

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