ACA Bronze & Silver Plan Rates, and Geo Rating Area Lookup Information

[Terry D EA]

Here is a link that maybe very helpful that answers a lot of questions that we and our clients may have. If you need to determine the eligibility for an exemption while preparing the tax return, this site has the 2014 and 2015 market rates for the bronze plans for all States. The link will take you to  Burlington, NC which is my main target area but you can navigate to any city once there.

 

For Bronze -

http://www.legalconsumer.com/obamacare/rates.php?CITY=Burlington&ST=NC

Edited January 12, 2015 by jklcpa
more inclusive title, added "for bronze" in text

[jklcpa]

Thanks, Terry.
 
Here are more additional safe links:

 

Tax Tools on healthcare.gov has look up info for bronze and silver, allows the user to input the zip code and choose the geo area, and allows user to look up for multiple people, not just a single person. Is supposed to be available by mid-Jan

 

Geographic rating areas by state  provided by CMO.gov (the official govenment site - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and

 

Bronze and silver plan lookup by age and state as provided by Health Ins Marketplace & U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.  Make sure that age is selected correctly USING THE AGE AT THE TIME THE POLICY STARTED.  This tool shows one line for both the bronze and silver costs without text and might be easier to use when we all get busier. 

[Terry D EA]

Judy,

 

Might want to pin this one so it can be found easy. I feel there are going to be a lot of questions with this part alone. Thanks for the other links as well.

[Gail in Virginia]

Thanks, Terry.

 

Here are two more additional safe links:

 

Geographic rating areas by state  provided by CMO.gov (the official govenment site - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and

 

Bronze and Silver plan lookup by age and state provided by Health Ins Marketplace & U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.  Make sure that age is selected correctly and shown on final page because the age isn't holding after continuing on after first page.  It comes up with one line for both the bronze and silver costs without text and might be easier to use when we all get busier.

Judy, I am feeling not too bright today.  How do I use the link to get the $ amount of the insurance?  I found my county on the list for Virginia but I am not sure what to do after that.  Are both links supposed to be to the same page?  TIA.

[jklcpa]

Oh dear, I didn't notice that they both were the same.  They are fixed now!

[Gail in Virginia]

Thanks, Judy.  This should be very helpful!

[Abby Normal]

Here's the direct link to Maryland's page if you're doing any MD returns.

 

Edit: Click on Helpful Tools & Resources.

Edited February 21, 2015 by jmdaviscpa

[TaxCPANY]

Here's the link to New York's pages:  https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/individual/searchAnonymousPlan/pagePlans

TerryD's and jkl's links referenced 'only' 35 states' plans, when I checked those, yesterday -- and New York had not been among those.

[WITAXLADY]

if you go to the page in your tax return on the 8965 under marketplace coverage - you can input the zip code and you go right to your location and you have a choice of 14 or 15...