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Old 07-10-2009
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Re: So what happens if I ignore the healthcare insurance mandate?

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Originally Posted by goober View Post
The way it works in Massachusetts is that your insurance company sends you a certificate, and there is a place on your state tax return where you enter the number of the certificate.
No certificate and your tax goes up a couple of hundred dollars.
So you either pay your taxes, or you don't, if you don't there is already a mechanism in place to deal with you.
What about students? A lot do not file tax returns and are no longer on their parents' coverage or filed as dependents by said parents.
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