Tag: Medicare for all

Wendy Walsh Video: Rare Condition, Frequent Hospital Visits, No Crushing Medical Bills?

Correspondent and radio host Wendy Walsh battled sickness as a child, frequently visiting hospitals. But her parents never worried about the quality or cost of care. Guess why? — HEAL California is an independent news and information hub focused on the California Medicare for All […]

The ACA & Your Income Taxes: Minimum Essential Coverage

Even though HEAL California would vastly prefer a Medicare for All-type system, we want to help everyone understand how the Affordable Care Act plays in to their income taxes. We’ve talked about Form 1095 Alphabet Soup which not only proves to the IRS that you had health […]

The ACA & Your Income Taxes: Calculate Your Penalty

So, you didn’t have insurance and none of the exemptions to the individual mandate apply to you? You may be subject to a financial penalty. And the fines keep going up every year. For example, the fines in 2015 are about double what they were in 2014, […]