Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules-----HHS widens O-Care penalty exemptions

HHS widens O-Care penalty exemptions | TheHill:

"People who obtained health plans off the marketplaces after March 31 will not automatically face a penalty under the individual mandate, the Obama administration said Friday.



.....The move essentially nullifies the month of April for the purposes of enforcing the mandate.

Previously, people with a three-month gap in coverage in 2014 would have faced a penalty of $95 or 1 percent of annual household income.

This meant that almost everyone needed to have health insurance by March 31.

But the administration changed this deadline to May 1 for many people who struggled to enroll on the marketplaces."