But people who will be eligible for coverage under Obamacare starting next year may want to consider all the financial consequences of marriage."Same-sex partners with similar incomes may lose out," says Brian Haile of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, who sent this memo around today. For example, Haile says, same-sex partners who each have an income of $40,000 may be eligible for the premium assistance tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, but only if they remain single.
If they marry (in those states that allow same-sex marriage), then they would lose eligibility because their income would be over the threshold for a household of two.
