Your Health Insurance Company May Ask for Your Social Security Number
https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/individuals-and-families/your-health-insurance-company-may-ask-for-your-social-security-number
Your health insurance company may request that you provide them with the social security numbers for you, your spouse and your children covered by your policy. This is because the Affordable Care Act requires every provider of minimum essential coverage to report that coverage by filing an information return with the IRS and furnishing a statement to covered individuals. The information is used by the IRS to administer – and individuals to show compliance with – the health care law.
The law requires coverage providers to list social security numbers on this form. If you don't provide your SSN and the SSNs of all covered individuals to the sponsor of the coverage, the IRS may not be able to match the Form 1095-B with the individuals to determine that they have complied with the individual shared responsibility provision.
The IRS has not designated a specific form for your health insurance company to request this information. The Form 1095-B will provide information for your income tax return that shows you, your spouse, and individuals you claim as dependents had qualifying health coverage for some or all months during the year. You do not have to attach Form 1095-B to your tax return. Keep it with your other important tax documents.
What is the Shared Responsibility Payment? - TurboTax
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he law says citizens, employers and government share the responsibility of keeping everyone covered, so the penalty for going without insurance has been dubbed the "shared responsibility payment."
For 2016 and 2017, the full payment is $695 per person, $347.50 for each child, up to a maximum of $2,085 -- or 2.5% of your household income, whichever is higher
From 2016 through 2018, the household income percentage remains at 2.5%; the per-person amounts and the household maximum will rise with inflation. After 2018, there is no longer a penalty for not having health insurance.
Exemptions
Your income is so low that you aren't required to file a tax return. For example, single taxpayers in 2017 don’t have to file if their income is $10,400 or less; for married couples, it’s $20,800. This amount can change each year.
You can't find affordable insurance. The law defines affordable as a policy that costs no more than 8 percent of your income.
You have a gap in coverage for less than three months
You're a member of an Indian tribe recognized by the federal government
You take part in a health care sharing ministry. This is a religious-based group whose members pledge to pay one another's medical bills.
You belong to a recognized religious group with faith-based objections to all forms of health insurance -- not just Obamacare
You are an inmate or are in the country illegally
You apply for and receive a hardship exemption, such as for homelessness, bankruptcy or natural disaster
IRS instructions for filling out 1095-b
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i109495b.pdf
Specific Instructions for Form 1095-B
Part I—Responsible Individual
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