A Tale of Two Clients

On the one hand, the plural of "anecdote" is not "data;" on the other, I believe that these two clients' recent experiences with the ObamaTax Exchange may be illustrative of a broader set of problems:Client Number 1 recently lost his employer-based health insurance (the employer made the perfectly sensible decision to cancel the increasingly expensive group plan altogether), leaving himself and his family to fend for themselves on the Exchange.After fiddling with the Subsidy Calculator, they determined that they were eligible for about $200 a month in subsidies ("premium discount"). That's a lot of cash to leave on the table, so they headed to the Exchange.Over the course of the past week or so, we've spoken most every day, as he finally decided which plan he wanted. I had quoted this plan both on and off the Exchange; the off Exchange plan allowed him to add a reasonably-priced dental option that included ACA-compliant Pediatric Dental; the on Exchange version required digging through dozens of dental plan options to find one that fit.We determined that their best bet would be to buy the medical plan on Exchange, and the dental plan as a separate, stand-alone policy. And so, I thought, we're finally ready to go on this one.Ah, not so fast there, buddy:This morning, Client 1 called and asked "hey, if I end up the year and it turns out I wasn't really eligible for the subsidy after all (I ended up making too much), do I have to pay it back?"Well, yeah.There was a pause, and he...
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