Short version: Obamacare assumes that married people file jointly. The problem with that? “In May 2012, when the Internal Revenue Service proposed its rules for Americans to get government subsidies for health insurance, officials acknowledged that a legal quirk needed to be fixed: The Affordable Care Act was written in a way that inadvertently denied such help to some people who live apart from spouses who abuse them, are in prison or are on the cusp of a divorce.” I assume that I do not need to explain why that is bad, yes? But, good news: it’s all fixed!
…Well, it’s going to be fixed soon.
…Well, somebody said – not for attribution – that the IRS is going to announce that it’s going to be fixed soon. Continue reading How #Obamacare hurts battered wives.