Answers: The penalty of not have health insurance for the first year (July 1 - December 31) is to forego the personal toll exemption. After January 1 to penalty is 50% of the cost of minimum insurance premium per month. You do own the option of appeal if you can demonstrate that you could not afford the insurance.
You can gain insurance throught the state Medicaid office (Mass Health) if you run into the income requirements. Here is the website: http://www.massresources.org/pages.cfm?c...
you dont get fined for not have health insurance, its not matching as auto insurance. The State should have a welfare program to assist those not sufficiently expert to afford such care, if they can prove it.
Yes, pretty soon the fines will increase. The penalty are based on partially the cost of the lowest cost Health Connector plan available in your income capacity. The penalties will include up for each month that you don't enjoy a health plan within 2008.
Go to - http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/...
OR call 1-877-MA- ENROLL. It is a simple process.
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Maybe you should try doing something in the order of your State and National leaders..
o.k.. since you are 19 i'm sure you don't have any focal medical problems.. and won't have to progress in that repeatedly!
what my cousin did was sign up for a cheap plan through Ameriplan USA (see website below) and he one and only pays $40 a month for Total Health Benefits!
Medical, dental, vision, prescriptions, chiropractic, specialists, labs, emergency... you heading it.. so that's a great price if you only carry sick a few times a year.. it's better than getting a fine! and it covers your entire household too.. so if the people you are living beside aren't covered either.. you could even split the 40 bucks next to them all and return with it cheaper!
now that's the means of access to go!
phone call me up if you have any question on how it works.. I actually hold a plan myself...so I can definatly help you out!