And for those of you who may not have had enough governmental intrusion with the IRS and NSA scandals, rest assured, more is on the way. PPACA Exchanges will be reporting the specifics of your ObamaCare plans to the IRS on a monthly basis.
...In "Information Reporting for Affordable Insurance Exchanges" (Reg-140789-12) (RIN 1545-BL42), a set of draft regulations, the IRS has proposed the regulations exchanges would use to report on consumer tax credit eligibility to the IRS and tell the consumers what information was flowing to the IRS.
An exchange would send information about the individuals enrolled in the "qualified health plans" (QHPs) sold through the exchange every month, "on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the month of coverage," according to the preamble to the proposed regulations.
"Each taxpayer or responsible adult who enrolled, or whose family member enrolled" in an exchange QHP would get a summary of the information going to the IRS on a new form, the Form 1095-A.
An exchange would have the send the statement to the taxpayer or responsible adult "on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year of coverage."
The draft regulations are set to appear in the Federal Register Tuesday. Comments on the draft regulations will be due 60 days after the official publication date.
In related news, the IRS also has published ... advice explaining how IRS officials are interpreting the premium tax credit rules.
In IRS Notice 2013-41, officials talk about how potential access to coverage through special health insurance programs, such as a state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plan or the TRICARE health plan for military dependents, might affect eligibility for exchange premium tax credits.
Officials have decided, for example, that individuals who lose eligibility to Medicaid or CHIP coverage because they fail to pay their share of the premiums for those programs will not be eligible for exchange premium tax credits.
Individuals who are eligible for state high risk pools, state high-risk pools, student health plans, TRICARE programs, and "Medicare Part A coverage requiring payment of premiums" will be ineligible for premium tax credits only if they are actually enrolled in those types of coverage programs, not if they are simply theoretically eligible to enroll in the programs....
