Category: Determining Household and Income (MAGI)

FPL calculation wrong

Hi all,  Has anyone had any luck correcting people’s eligibility determinations where hcentive miscalculates the FPL? I have a single person w/ MAGI $22904/year, which by my calculations (using 2014 FPL chart) puts her at 196%, but hcentive determination puts her at 204.83%, which is not correct. This is the difference between her paying $56/mo […]

Wrong determinations ConnectorCare

Hi all,  (update 3/19/15 – thanks for your responses, I think they’re all set now) Maybe it’s just something about today…I got two incorrect determinations so far, one a mom and 30-year-old son who lives with her, has $0 income and who she claims on her taxes so we put him on the app and it gave him ConnectorCare.  […]

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Future loss of employment/insurance coverage

We have a person coming in today who be laid off from his current job next month and will lose his insurance in the middle of that month.  He wants to avoid a gap in insurance coverage and wants to apply as soon as possible. My concern is if we apply as his current coverage stands today and […]

Separated Couples

We are seeing more people unable to get tax credits because they are still considered married but living separately. They are filing taxes separately but have not officially gotten divorced. When the application is submitted they are being found as not eligible for tax credits. A Connector worker told us that this was due to their marriage […]

calculating negative income

Hi, I did an application where part of the income (rental) was a loss, or negative. In the net monthly income calculation on the application summary, the correct net income showed. However, the determination FPL clearly did not factor in the loss/negative income. In this client’s case it is the difference between getting ConnectorCare Plan Type […]

Self Employed Income calculation

Wondering if anyone has suggestions about how to estimate the income for someone who is self-employed and under 400% of the FPL? Specifically looking for ways in which people estimate what the consumer’s health insurance will cost, especially consumers who are around 300% + FPL for whom the following is true. You estimate them as NOT having ConnectorCare and […]