The public exchange plan users who are getting advance premium tax credit help have to file tax returns to keep their APTC subsidies.
Health care tax service marketers at H&R Block, a tax preparation firm, are wondering whether APTC users understand the return filing requirement.
Drafters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the premium tax credit system to help people with income under 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and too high for Medicaid, pay for private exchange plan coverage.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.
